Winnipeg family physician Dr. Berhanu Balcha never made an oncology referral despite indications the cancer had returned. The patient didn't even know this was a concern until a respirologist told her in late 2019.
'The only reason she did it was greed,' the crown prosecutor argued at Dr. Yifei Shi's sentencing hearing. 'We trust doctors with our lives. We should be able to trust them with our money.'
The Alberta College of Pharmacy will update its Standards of Practice for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians next year, with the hope of getting the final changed version in place by late 2023.
Does it matter that Dr. Kieran Moore, as a public health official, didn't exactly set an example after strongly recommending Ontarians mask up in public?
