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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A doctor sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling ketamine to Matthew Perry is appealling …
Read More »Meet the ‘hit doctor’: Inside an informal network of drug users trying to stay alive
WARNING: This story discusses substance use and the toxic drug crisis. Amid the ongoing toxic drug crisis, an informal network of support has emerged among drug users. Part of this network are individuals referred to by their clients as “doctors” — everyday people with no formal medical training — who …
Read More »Doctor says diagnosis of Niagara woman was ‘wrong’ but defends treatment 1 day before she died
The physician who treated Heather Winterstein the day before she died in hospital from a severe reaction to bacterial infection said he may have erred in diagnosing her condition as being due to “social issues.” But the doctor also stressed that was a “working diagnosis,” not necessarily a definite or …
Read More »Suspended doctor faces 28 new sex-crime charges, including sexual touching of minors
Listen to this article Estimated 6 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by …
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Read More »This doctor takes us through a day at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City
It was a chaotic scene at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday as Dr. Nada Abu Al-Rub walked through the halls tending to patients. One of them, a little boy, had his leg amputated and suffered from burns on his whole body after a strike went off near …
Read More »Doctor charged with giving Friends star Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty
A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the months leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, a plea agreement filed Monday shows. Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, according to the signed document filed …
Read More »Doctor operating safer supply clinics billed OHIP $2.5M last year
A doctor running a network of addiction clinics across Ontario, including an Ottawa location that offers safer opioid supply, is billing public insurance about $2.5 million per year. Dr. Suman Koka is the sole officer and director of Northwood Recovery, which has locations in North York, Hamilton and Manitoulin Island. It …
Read More »Trump in ‘excellent cognitive and physical health,’ doctor says
Donald Trump’s doctor says the oldest man to be elected U.S. president is “fully fit” to serve as commander-in-chief as the White House released the results of Trump’s physical exam from Friday. Trump is 78, and his physician, navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, cited what he said is Trump’s “active lifestyle” …
Read More »Pope Francis was ‘in danger of his life,’ says Rome doctor who treated pontiff
Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could die in peace, the head of the Pope’s medical team said. After a breathing crisis on Feb. 28 that involved Francis nearly choking …
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