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Physician and NP payment at root of billing scandal

Manitoba doctor facing potential suspension
Rounds: Last Two Weeks on Canadian Medicine
College probe leads to jail term for psychiatrist who sexually abused patients

An Ontario court has handed down a four-year jail term for a southern Ontario psychiatrist who admitted to sexually abusing his patients.
Trio of B.C. doctors ordered to pay $180,000 in defamation dispute | See Update at bottom of story

VANCOUVER | Three Port Alberni doctors have been ordered to pay a combined $180,000 in damages after a Supreme Court of B.C. ruling says they defamed a colleague.
Doctor forced to pay $125k back to Manitoba government
Medical pot activist creates legal kit, floods Federal Court with 200 cases
Accidents happen without violating standard of care

It took months to discover the error after woman’s ureter was transected during hysterectomy
Former B.C. pharmacist and slumlord linked to clinic

George Wolsey is back in the news—and not in a good way.

Stateside: Compounding pharmacy could pay $100M in damages