Marjo Johne
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- 2/9/2022
Kids can cook: New program for children with Type 1 diabetes
Led by an award-winning diabetes educator, the pilot project has already signed up more than 50 participants. But food insecurity faced by some of these kids may stir up a few challenges. - 2/9/2022
No explanation, no consent: Surgeon suspended for touching breasts of two female patients
In one instance, Dr. David Lee James Wardle said he exposed a patient's breast because he thought he had operated on it. He had not. - 2/8/2022
Doctor who chose to do elective surgery instead of attending to severely bleeding patient must pay $85,000 in costs
The patient subsequently died from the effects of multiple organ failure. The actions of Dr. Sonny Surej Dhalla, a surgeon in Brandon, Manitoba, were "deeply disturbing," according to the Manitoba college's discipline panel. - 2/7/2022
Severely abused twin babies find a home—and safety—with small-town doctor
When the social worker at the hospital told the doctor that the abused twins' biological mother was pregnant, she said 'we'll take the baby too.' - 2/6/2022
Pharmacists hit with $31K fine for almost $176,000 in illegal benefits and billing violations
André Gosselin, who was associated with deposed pharmacy king Jonathan-Yan Perreault, also rendered almost 70% of all services over a 10-month period performed in the absence of a pharmacist. - 2/6/2022
Beyond RRSPs: 3 alternative investments to consider this RRSP season
Because there are other places to grow your money while optimizing your tax position. - 2/3/2022
Four hugs and an air kiss add up to suspension, fine and hearing costs for doctor
Dr. Efe Michael Ovueni’s actions against a clinic employee “were suggestive of escalation towards increasingly intimate contact,” wrote the tribunal. - 2/1/2022
Criminal conviction, 10 years on sex offender registry: Ontario surgeon stripped of licence
Dr. Jeffrey Gennady Kolbasnik of Milton, Ont., was convicted in 2020 of sexually assaulting a housekeeper at the hospital where he worked. - 2/1/2022
Appeal dismissed in case of doctor accused of hitting Indigenous patient
The CPSA's discipline tribunal upholds its not-guilty finding in the case of Dr. Keith Oneil Martin—the same doctor found guilty last year of biting a nurse. - 1/31/2022
Calling new family doctors: Alberta's rural health program wants to give you up to $100K incentive pay
The return-of-service program announced in March 2021 is now open for applications, with $6 million in benefits for 60 family doctors over the next three years.
