Healthcare

The “criminalization” of the seriously mentally ill is a significant problem in North America, with the closure of mental hospitals and reduction in acute psychiatric inpatient beds across the system resulting in a huge increase in the population of seriously mentally ill people in prisons.

For a small province, New Brunswick serves up its share of big medical issues. From Dr. Henry Morgentaler’s abortion clinics, to pathology lawsuits (from patients and doctors) to IMG licensing issues, provincial college registrar Dr. Ed Schollenberg has been there for it all.