Health Minister Audrey Gordon said she expects the additions will be in place by the end of the year and will allow up to 1,000 more surgeries annually.
Just weeks after announcing findings on a mysterious syndrome reported last year in 48 patients, New Brunswick chief medical officer Dr. Jennifer Russell faces a complaint filed by the son of one of the patients.
Just Culture has been widely adopted in hospitals since a 1999 report by the National Academy of Medicine estimated at least 98,000 people may die each year due to medical errors.
The interim suspension order, effective March 24 but posted on the college's website on Monday, affects Dr. Stephen Malthouse, a family practitioner on Denman Island.
Health Minister Jason Copping says the aim is to bring together six related pieces of legislation and three standards of care—some going back more than 30 years.
