Dr. Ali Mahmoudi, who had privileges at a Timmins, Ont., hospital, has been out on bail since July 2022. With 11 new charges against him, he faces a total of 21 charges.
Primary care groups are organized so differently depending on the province. Here's a rundown of the options facing new doctors starting out in Ontario.
The Alberta College of Pharmacy is asking pharmacists who are compounding infants’ and children’s acetaminophen to match commercial concentrations and packaging sizes to help prevent overdoses in children.
Dr. William Cherniak, founder of virtual care platform Rocket Doctor, says the changes immediately resulted in 85% of Ontario doctors leaving or discontinuing their services on his platform.
Knowing his patient was a chain smoker, Montreal family physician Dr. Samir Habib should have talked to him immediately about his lung X-ray results, ruled the Collège des médecins du Québec. That conversation never happened.
My biggest motivation is the direct impact I have on my patients and colleagues. Since I started being involved, I have always kept in mind the wellbeing of the students, my patients and other professionals.
