It wasn't the first time Dr. Harvey Stephen Pasternak, who practised in Toronto, had been found guilty of professional misconduct in relation to his prescribing practices.
The move by Mayor Bill de Blasio comes as cases are climbing again in the U.S. and the worrisome but little-understood omicron variant is gaining a toehold in New York and elsewhere around the country.
The department says in a statement that the error happened Nov. 24 in Brandon, which is located in the Prairie Mountain Health region in western Manitoba.
The NHS Pharmacy First Scotland program is only a year old, but it's expanded pharmacists’ scope of practice, paid them for their time, and eased the burden on the healthcare system. Could Canada follow their example?