Marjo Johne
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- 8/16/2022
Forget that prescription: Pharmacists can offer solutions to kids' pain reliever shortage
A 'Dear Caregivers' letter from Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital could flood doctors' offices with requests for prescriptions for kids' pain relievers. Pharmacist Kristen Watt offers some critical information to share with patients. - 8/15/2022
Too much and too often: Pharmacist who billed excessively gets 18-month suspension and $20,000 in costs
Michael El Raheb is also banned from pharmacy ownership for three years, according to the discipline decision handed down by the Ontario College of Pharmacists. - 8/14/2022
Doctor turns himself in after 18-day manhunt
Dr. Robert Stern, who practised as a family physician in Woodstock, Ont., faces several child-pornography related charges. - 8/14/2022
Is virtual care about as good as an in-person appointment? Half of Albertans think so
But many patients also said virtual care requires both physician and patient to work harder at communicating and understanding each other, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. - 8/14/2022
Feeling the big squeeze: Inflation is pinching pharmacists everywhere—and it hurts
Beyond their business, pharmacists are seeing how much rising costs are hitting their patients and staff. What sucks even more? There's not much pharmacists can do about inflation. - 8/14/2022
Blame Bill Gates and sue the school principal: Doctor who unmasked and shared COVID conspiracy tales gets 9-months suspension
Dr. Jeffrey Rice Holmes Matheson has a history of discipline with the CPSO, including a four-month suspension for his 'cavalier and reckless approach to opioid prescribing' in a case that was brought to light by four pharmacists. - 8/11/2022
Deadly patient or just really angry? What one doctor did after a patient threatened to kill him
'You better learn jiu jitsu and hand-to-hand combat if you ever take my opioids away,' Dr. David Bittleman's patient wrote him. 'You better learn how to defend yourself!' - 8/11/2022
Pharmacist charged with drug trafficking leaves profession for good
In addition to the criminal charges–which were stayed in 2020–John Gerges had faced a number of other complaints at the Ontario College of Pharmacists, including submitting claims for drugs he never dispensed and falsifying prescriptions and records. - 8/11/2022
No joy here: Doctor who spiked female physician's drink with ecstasy loses licence
Dr. Max Klein has also been ordered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta to pay about $30,000, the full cost of investigation and hearings. - 8/8/2022
Manhunt continues for Ontario doctor wanted on child porn charges
Dr. Robert Stern remains at large more than a week after police issued a nation-wide warrant for his arrest and alerted Florida authorities about his case.
