The Nova Scotia college heard “serious concerns” from B.C.’s College of Pharmacists about the doctor, who lives in the U.S. but is licensed in Nova Scotia as a non-resident.
Ontario endocrinologist Dr. Elika Safar Zadeh also threatened to jeopardize the patient’s child custody status by filing a lawsuit for harassment and defamation, according to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.
Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violate constitutional rights due to long waits for care in B.C.’s publicly funded system.
Dr. Kieran Moore says high-risk individuals include anyone age 65 and older, pregnant women and people living in senior care facilities, such as long-term care homes.