Arbitrator Serge Brault says that while Myriam Leblanc made inappropriate comments toward Joyce Echaquan, she was not responsible for the bulk of the poor treatment the woman received prior to her death.
Dr. Michelle Ciach has been suspended for six months and ordered to pay $5,000 in investigation and hearing costs to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia.
Signing up for the Emergency Health Provider Registry does not create an obligation to respond to emergency events, but it will help the province plan better as it close to 400 communities continue to burn.
With pharmacists in most jurisdictions now authorized to assess and prescribe for a growing list of publicly funded minor ailments, pharmacy techs have also taken on more.
