Experts have said the incident has all the hallmarks of a ransomware attack, in which hackers steal or encrypt sensitive information and demand a payment to release it.
If a patient can walk into any pharmacy and leave with the SAME product and SAME information, where’s the value? What is the value a patient perceives in choosing your pharmacy?
The premier called the death a "traumatizing event'' and offered his sympathies to the family and to those present in the waiting room when the man died early Tuesday at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital.
Dr. Brian Day had challenged the province's Medicare Protection Act, which bans extra-billing and private insurance for medically necessary procedures.
Dr. Charles Webb, a former director at the CMA, had his membership suspended over harassment claims while he was running for election as CMA president. Dr. Zafar Essak calls foul.