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Travelling on the Tube 'could be bad for your health because the air is rich in toxic dust'

• Previous studies have shown that dust-rich air of welding plants and steel mills pose health risks
• But new research has shown that underground stations could pose risk too
• Dust can penetrate lungs and migrate to the liver, kidneys and even the brain to cause damage

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 14:46 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 17:58 GMT, 24 April 2013

Travelling on the Tube could be bad for your health, a researcher has claimed.
Experts found that small dust particles in the air found in an underground railway station were quite different to the dust breathed in most other surroundings.
They also discovered that this may have health implications because they could penetrate the lungs and body easily including the liver, brain and kidneys.

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PSYCHIATRIST Dr. Hung-Tat LO in case of Refugee Vietnamese Paranoid Schizophrenic Mr.CHAU who killed common-law wife and two children (3y & 5 months )with a kitchen cleaver

Dr. Hung-Tat Lo, MD(Univ.Hong Kong 1971) FRCPC (1977) on Staff Mt.Sinai University Hosp.A founder of the HONG FOOK MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION that  provides Group Housing for Asian Psychiatric patients.

On January 13, 2012, the Discipline Committee found that Dr. Lo committed an act of professional misconduct, in that he failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession.
Record-keeping
Dr. Lo failed to maintain the standard of practice in record-keeping with respect to Patient A. The patient's record was largely illegible and most entries contained scant information. Changes to medications were made at the last three appointments without documented communication with Patient A's family doctor, who was managing the patient's medications on a more consistent basis. Risk assessments and their conclusions were not documented.
Dr. Lo also failed to maintain the standard of practice in record-keeping with respect to 14 of 15 patients. Patient records were largely illegible and transcriptions were required for review. The patient encounter entries were generally scant. Most charts did not have the initial history, diagnosis and treatment plan charted in any detail. There was a general lack of pertinent negative findings, and mental status exams and risk assessments were not documented.
Care and Treatment
Dr. Lo failed to maintain the standard of practice in his care and treatment of Patient A with respect to his collateral fact gathering and follow-up. Dr. Lo also failed to maintain the standard of practice in his care and treatment of two patients, in that he: 1) failed to adequately monitor the Lithium level of one patient and failed to make the necessary inquires that would have led to the disclosure of the patient's thyroid carcinoma; and 2) managed an alcoholic patient with out-dated treatment and inappropriate use of antabuse.(ERROR BY CPSO: "antabuse": should read DISULFIRAM (Antabuse is a brand name).

Comment: What had diagnosis of Thyroid cancer to do with Psychiatric care?

Comment:  Why is use of DISULFIRAM "out-dated"?

On February 7, 2013, the Committee ordered a public reprimand, and directed that the following terms, conditions and limitations be imposed on Dr. Lo’s certificate of registration:

1. Dr. Lo shall undergo, at his own expense, a re-assessment of his practice within 12 months by an assessor acceptable to the College. The re-assessment shall include a review of Dr. Lo’s documentation and record-keeping, his appropriate prescription and monitoring of Lithium in clinical practice, his communications with family members and family physicians, and his identification and referral to specialists of patients in his care with comorbid alcoholism; and
2. Dr. Lo shall abide by all recommendations provided by the assessor.

Dr. Lo was further ordered to pay to the College costs in the amount of $3,650 (comment :DAILY TRIBUNAL FEE CHARGED BY CPSO)

CMPA & OMA DO NOT FUND APPEALS.WHICH CAN EASILY COST $100,000.

ONTARIO GOVERNMENT CLOSED (IN TORONTO) TWO LARGE MENTAL HOSPITALS.plus  THE WELLESLEY TEACHING HOSP.(with psychiatric floor)  and TWO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS: DOCTORS' & CENTRAL. Resulting in severe shortage of Psychiatric beds.

IMMIGRATION PSYCHIATRIC RESTRICTIONS  DO NOT APPLY TO CONVENTION REFUGEES.

This case shows high risk to Toronto Psychiatrists as a result of Federal Immigration Laws and Provincial
Hospital closures.

UK: Danger of bogus diagnoses e.g "IBS"

From UK DAILY MAIL

Doctors said my daughter had IBS - in fact, it was bowel cancer': Heartbroken mother on losing her 28-year-old to the disease that's killing more young people than ever

• Holly Slater, then 26, developed stomach cramps and constipation in 2011
• Less than two years later she died from aggressive bowel cancer 
• Cases of the disease in young people have risen by 120% in ten years
• Holly's mother says outdated views to the disease cost her daughter's life
• She is urging people young and old not to ignore persistent IBS symptoms

By Rachel Reilly
PUBLISHED: 09:50 GMT, 15 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:51 GMT, 15 April 2013

A seemingly fit and healthy 28-year-old died from bowel cancer after doctors repeatedly told her she was suffering from a harmless digestive complaint.
Nursery worker Holly Slater visited her doctor several times over an 18 month period, yet doctors did did not recognise her symptoms - which included bloating and abdominal cramps - and mistook the beginnings of bowel cancer for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
The cancer eventually spread to her lungs, bones and liver and she died in February this year.
To this day, there is no clear reason why she succumbed to the disease -  Holly was fit and healthy and there was no family history of the disease.

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OTTAWA | The Canadian Medical Protective Association has announced that Dr. Hartley Stern will take over as the group’s new executive director & CEO

Dr. Stern is the current executive director of Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital, which was listed by the Canadian Institute of Health Information as “the most efficient hospital in Canada,” according to a CMPA press release.

From Montreal Jewish General
Hartley S. Stern, MD, FRCS(C) FACS
Executive Director

Dr. Hartley Stern is Executive Director of the Jewish General Hospital and professor of Surgery at McGill University. Most recently he was Vice President of The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Centre and, the Provincial Head of Surgical Oncology with Cancer Care Ontario.

Originally from Toronto, Dr. Stern completed his undergraduate medical education and surgical training at the University of Toronto, followed by a Research Training Fellowship at the UK (ROYAL) London Hospital.. He moved his practice to Ottawa in June 1994, to undertake the new roles of Surgeon-in-Chief at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, and subsequently The Ottawa Hospital (amalgamation-1998) and, as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Ottawa.

In August 2000, Dr. Stern began a new challenge as the CEO of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, which in January 2004 became a large integrated program in The Ottawa Hospital of the full spectrum of Cancer Services, Research and Education.

Dr. Stern’s clinical focus is colorectal cancer, and he intends to continue, in a limited fashion, to teach students and perform surgery. He holds an appointment as Professor of Surgery at McGill University.

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UK NHS does not pay for office laboratory tests

From UK DAILY MAIL

Teenager, 17, died from leukaemia 10 days after doctors sent her home saying she had tonsillitis

Sent home from NHS walk-in centre but died in hospital 10 days later By Hugo Gye
PUBLISHED: 10:14 GMT, 11 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:14 GMT, 11 April 2013

 A teenage girl died from a rare form of leukaemia just 10 days after doctors told her she was only suffering from tonsillitis and fatigue.
Sophie Coldwell, 17, had been feeling tired for some time, but her parents attributed it to the increased burden of schoolwork.
In fact, she was suffering from a cancer so aggressive that a hospital consultant said he had never seen anything like it - and now her family hopes to save others by raising awareness of the devastating condition.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307379/Teenager-17-died-leukaemia-10-days-doctors-sent-home-saying-tonsillitis.html#ixzz2QACSBaTK
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UK: Medical Defence fights for Doctor's reputation.

In Canada CMPA only defends does not attack. Also does not pay for Appeals to CPSO verdicts.

Kelvin MacKenzie's Daily Mail column sparks £200,000 libel claim

Journalist accused of 'insulting disregard' for reputation of doctor, days after he is dropped from Telegraph online column

• Josh Halliday
• guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 April 2013 15.30 BST

Kelvin MacKenzie: faces libel claim from doctor over his Daily Mail column. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

Kelvin MacKenzie faces more woes after being dropped by the Telegraph as it emerged that his column in the Daily Mail has become the subject of a £200,000 libel case.
Dr Antonio Serrano, an NHS doctor in Sussex, has claimed that his reputation was smeared by Mackenzie's column in April 2012 that described the "living hell" of one of his patients.
The column, headlined "A whole year of hell, thanks to a foreign doctor", suggested that Serrano was seriously incompetent and had an "inadequate grasp of the English language", according to a claim form filed at the high court in London.
Mackenzie's typically provocative Daily Mail column was published on 21 April last year and began: "Last week, I raised the uncomfortable issue of foreign doctors working in this country, and targeted the offensive behaviour of a Spanish consultant. I have since received, and investigated to my satisfaction, an even more shocking case."
The column went on to describe how a diagnosis by Serrano led to a bus driver's licence being revoked by the DVLA.
In a 13-page claim form seen by MediaGuardian, lawyers for Serrano said the column falsely portrays the medical professional as "a particularly shocking example of foreign doctors working in the NHS who, for reasons deriving from their being foreign, are seriously incompetent, inadequate or otherwise unacceptable."
Mackenzie instructed his agent, the former Sun journalist Charles Rae, to put some of the allegations to Serrano, the lawyers claim.
The Daily Mail column reported that the patient's local MP, Amber Rudd, was "appalled" at his treatment by Serrano. In fact, the Tory MP made it clear she had no view or comment when contacted by Rae on Mackenzie's behalf, according to the claim form.
It adds: "In the premises it is to be inferred that Mr MacKenzie published the article with an irresponsible and insulting disregard for the reputation and feelings of the claimant [Dr Serrano], being more determined to publish another, follow-up story on his xenophobic theme of 'foreign doctors' than concerned with publishing a story that was either true or fair."
The Daily Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers, had not returned a request for comment at the time of publication, but the newspaper told Press Gazette that it was contesting the claim.

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Hamilton Pharmacist Marita ZAFIRO BSc(Pharm.) MBA sells incorrect doses of chemotherapeutics to London,Oshawa,Peterborough and Windsor

From Globe & Mail, & Toronto Star.

Alert Peterborough Pharmacist discovers that prepared chemotherapy infusions supplied by Hamilton MARCHESE HEALTH CARE were diluted.improperly.

Marchese Pharmacy was bought in 1988 from Pharmacist Jack.Marchese by Pharmacist. Marita ZAFIRO.to become Marchese Health Care, 316 James st.North, Hamilton L8L 1H2.(near Lake Ontario).905-528-4214 .Marchese Health Care advertises "Infusion therapy".

Patients affected by Pharmacy error:
LONDON: 665
OSHAWA:34
PETERBOROUGH:1
WINDSOR:290.

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE & GEMCITABINE involved.

(Cancer Care Ontario has not yet explained why hospital Cancer treatment supplies were ordered from a  Hamilton pharmacy. Interesting that Hamilton JURAVINSKI Cancer Centre was not involved.)

TORONTO Princess Margaret Hospital

Princess Margaret (Cancer) Hospital may be good at Research but is less than satisfactory for patient care. Uses general nurses for venipucture not specialized Phlebotomists.. Physician's wife with pathological fracture from plasmacytoma in severe pain had to wait in ER for 5 hours and discharged with advice to double opioid dose and  use a cloth sling. Later Princess Margaret Radiotherapist refused. radiotherapy unless arm was internally fixated.

Cast was`applied under anaesthesia at St.JOSEPH (Teaching) Hospital and 20 Gray dose radiotherapy given at Sunnybrook (Teaching) Hospital ODETTE CANCER CENTER.

Toronto urgently needs a PRIVATE HOSPITALS similar to Montreal (ROCKLAND MD)