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- Ontario hospitals need to adopt a just culture for physicians - August 14, 2023
- Bill 60 offers no safeguards for physicians’ privileges - July 27, 2023
- Cutting funding for virtual health care is the wrong move - March 10, 2023
Hospital administrators wield great power over physicians to whom they grant hospital privileges to practice in their public institutions. It thus takes a lot of courage for a doctor to challenge his hospital and allege that he was treated unfairly.
According to a news report, a critical-care physician in London, Ont., is suing the London Health Sciences Centre for $6.25 million. The report claims a “covert and improper investigation” was launched into the end-of-life care the physician provided to patients. To read more, click here.