Medicolegal / Medical Law

Hemmings v. Padmore was a case involving a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest and permanent brain damage following anesthetic complications during an emergency C-section.

Nova Scotia RCMP charged Dr. Sanjeev Sirpal with sexual assault in August 2025 related to allegations at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre near Amherst, N.S. in January of the same year.

Artificial intelligence in clinical practice has the power to receive burden and deliver smarter care—but at what cost?

Eva Mamakwa said her 31-year-old daughter, Miranda Mamakwa, died in September after Indigenous Services Canada’s non-insured health benefits program did not arrange travel for her followup appointments after the April surgery.

Telemedicine, speaking at pharma events, cosmetic medicine, coroner services, medical-legal work and insurance assessments . . . what are you up to?

The stark difference in opinion between two provinces highlights an ongoing debate about what constitutes true consent among people who have dementia.

Bill C-41 would amend the Criminal Code to allow people to make advance requests to access MAID—though it would be up to provinces to decide whether to fulfil those requests through their own health systems and to enact legislation.

When physicians are faulted for the prescriptions they didn’t write.

Court confirms staff can detain and sedate violent, mentally ill patients before filling in paperwork.

Clinic owner Damy Tan had charged $6,000 for mole removal services that didn’t even work—and claimed that the moles were actually ‘skin tags.’