28 Sept 2017

TORONTO PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC PAROTITIS FROM JAN 2017 ; 117 CASES

IMMUNISATION IN ONTARIO IS VOLUNTARY.

27 Sept 2017

GLAUCOMA PATIENTS CAN USE PORTABLE FINNISH ICARE TONOMETER. ; $3000

$6250 MODEL CAN BE USED WITH PATIENTS IN SUPINE POSITION

$5000 MODEL FOR SEDENTARY  OFFICE USE

$3000 MODEL FOR PATIENT USE.WITH LINK COMPUTER MEMORY,ANALYSIS AND GRAPHICS.

SWISS DISPOSABLE PROBES: $1.40 EACH FOR PHYSICIAN MODELS. $1.90 EACH FOR PATIENT MODEL.

ICARE FINLAND OY PART OF REVENIO GROUP CORP OY.(HELSINKI STOCK EXCHANGE)

26 Sept 2017

AIRD AND BERLIS LLP; BILL148 ONTARIO 'FAIR WORKPLACES' BETTER JOBS ACT 2017.-MORE BURDEN FOR EMPLOYERS INCLUDING MORE RECORD-KEEPING WITH INCREASED INSPECTION AND FINES.

SOME OF BILL 148 WHICH WILL AFFECT EMPLOYER DOCTORS;

NEW 3 WEEKS PAID VACATION AFTER 5 YEARS SERVICE.

NOW AFTER 3 MONTHS EMPLOYEE CAN REQUEST CHANGE OF LOCATION WITHOUT REASON.

MINIMUM WAGE $14 FROM JAN 2018; $15 FROM JAN 2018

10 DAYS YEARLY UNPAID LEAVE FOR PERSONAL  REASONS,

INCREASED UNPAID MATERNITY LEAVE TO 63 WEEKS.

NEW UNPAID 15 WEEKS LEAVE YEARLY IF EMPLOYEE AFFECTED BY SEXUAL VIOLENCE

NEW UNPAID TWO YEARS LEAVE AFTER DEATH OF CHILD.(ie under 18)

MORE UNION POWER IN UNIONISING EMPLOYEES.



4 Sept 2017

HAIFA,RAMBAM HOSPITAL.: CANADIAN 73 ROBERT MACLACHLAN RECEIVES COROLLA IMPLANT FOR DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE

COROLLA IMPLANT IN LEFT VENTRICLE M,ADE BY CORASSIST A PRIVATE COMPANY. COROLLA DEVELOPED BY DRS Y.FELD, Y.REISNER & S.DUBI FROM TECHNION INSTITUTE.

2 Sept 2017

TORONTO STAR AUG 2015. WORLD FAMOUS MS NEUROLOGIST RESIGNS FROM MEDICAL PROFESSION AFTER A COMPLAINT FROM FEMALE PATIENT FOLLOWED BY 3 UNDECIDED CPSO TRIBUNALS AND APPEALS.

PROFESSOR PAUL WILLIAMS O'CONNOR MD(TOR) FRCPC WAS HEAD OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DEPT OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL. A FEMALE PT MADE A COMPLAINT TO CPSO.' THE TRIBUNAL OF CPSO IS NOT A COURT. THERE IS NO JUDGE ; ONLY A REFEREE LAWYER SITTING AT THE SIDE TO GIVE ADVICE ON PROCEDURE. THE TRIBUNAL IS A MIX OF DOCTORS WITHOUT LEGAL TRAINING AND LAY POLITICAL APPOINTEES; AT TIMES INCLUDING A LAWYER. THERE WERE THREE TRIBUNALS AND APPEALS. BEFORE THE VERDICT WAS TO BE GIVEN, PROFESSOR O'CONNOR RESIGNED HIS MEDICAL LICENCE AND AGREED TO LEAVE THE MEDICAL PROFESSION COMPLETELY.  (COMMENT; A TRAGIC LOSS TO CANADIAN MEDICINE.. ANYONE,ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD CAN MAKE AN ANONYMOUS COST-FREE COMPLAINT TO CPSO . THE CPSO TRIBUNAL IS NOT A COURT SO EVIDENCE LAWS ARE RELAXED.  UNLESS THE DOCTOR HAS A CHAPERONE AND VIDEO-RECORDS  INTERVIEWS, SIMILAR DISASTERS WILL CONTINUE IN ONTARIO. MS CAUSES BEHAVIOURAL ABNORMALITIES. NOT GENERALLY KNOWN BY NON-NEUROLOGISTS).