AIRD AND BERLIS LLP WEBINAR. ON RISK OF LITIGATION ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS,

COURTS SYMPATHETIC TO CLAIMANTS. AWARDS CAN REACH $200,000

IMPORTANT TO HAVE DETAILED DOCUMENTATION, ACCORDING TO AIRD AND BERLIS LLP PARTNER LORENZO LISI

SAFEST AND CHEAPEST TO CALL LAWYER AT TRIAGE STAGE OF CLAIM. SETTLEMENT CAN BE CHEAPER THAN DEFENSIVE LITIGATTION.

THIS IS RISK TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE SETTING UP A PRACTICE AS SELF-EMPLOYED PRACTITIONER.

LESS RISK IN PAYING COMMERCIAL OFFICE FOR USE OF SPACE. AND STAFF AT USUALLY ABOUT  30 PER CENT OF BILLING.. GREAT ADVANTAGE OF WORKING IN A HOSPITAL OR PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC. CPSO OFFICE INSPECTOR NURSES MORE LIKELY TO APPROVE OFFICES IN GOVERNMENT FUNDED BUILDINGS.

NEW CPSO REGISTRAR DR NANCY WHITMORE MD (MANITOBA) FRCSC (OB/GYNAE) MBA (IVEY)

PAST PRES & CEO ST THOMAS ELGIN GENERAL HOSPITAL (157 BEDS). SALARY WAS $205,569 PLUS ONE DAY A WEEK OHIP PRACTICE.

CPSO SALARY AND BENEFITS NOT DISCLOSED BY CPSO OR SYDNEY BOYDEN EXECUTIVE SEARCH AGENCY. (1946). PRES AND CEO TRINA GORDON. CALGARY REP N BERKO. 1 403 410 6700

PRESENT REGISTRAR ER DOCTOR R GERACE RETIRING AFTER 16 YEARS.

DIFFERENCE FROM QUEBEC WHICH  HIRES EXECUTIVES FROM WITHIN THE "ORDER".

'INCREMENTALISM' YALE STIRLING PROFESSOR DR CHARLES LINDBLOM 1917-2018

'THE SCIENCE OF MUDDLING THROUGH' 1955. ACCORDING TO ONT DEPUTY MINISTER OF HEALTH ORTH SURGEON ROBERT BELL AT A LONGWOODS'  LECTURE TO 300 AT THE TORONTO GILGAN CENTRE, THIS IS THE PRESENT PHILOSOPHY OF THE MINISTRY.

ONT MIN HEALTH TO PAY FOR 25 PATIENTS TO HAVE PROSE SCLERAL CONTACT LENSES TO BE FITTED AT TORONTO KENSINGTON EYE INSTITUTE .LOCATED IN KENSINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE.

CLIN DIRECTOR  OCULAR REGENERATION PROGRAM; OPHTH. ALLAN SLOMOVIC MSC MD FRCPC WORKING WITH 3 OPTOMETRISTS TO FIT THE BOSTONSIGHT  "PROSE" SCLERAL LENSES IN USE IN USA SINCE 1994

PROSE; PROSTHETIC REGENERATION OF OCULAR SURFACE ECOSYSTEMS. INVENTED BY DR P ROSENTHAL IN 1986.. NO CONTACT WITH CORNEA. FLUID RESERVOIR.

COST $2-5,000

INDICATIONS;

IRREGULAR CORNEAS; HIGH REFRACTIVE ERRORS.CORNEAL TRANSPLANTS;KERATOCONUS ET AL.

OCULAR PROTECTION; CHEMICAL BURNS;  SJOGREN'S ;  NEURTROPHIC KERATITIS; STEVENS-JOHNSON-  PEMPHIGOID

OCULAR COMFORT; TRICHIASIS,  SCLERAL PATCH GRAFTS;  KERATITIS SICCA, FILAMENTARY KERATITIS.

TORONTO 2 FEB. ALBANY CLUB; MEMORIAL RECEPTION FOR STANLEY HARTT OC QC NOV 11,1937-JAN 3 2018.

MANY LAWYERS AND POLITICIANS ATTENDED INC PAST ONT PREMIER M HARRIS.

MALIGNANT MELANOMA WAS CAUSE OF DEATH.  PIGMENTED MOLE BEHIND LEFT SHOULDER WAS EITHER NOT NOTICED OR IGNORED. DIVORCED IN 1978. NOT REMARRIED.

CONFIDENTIALITY LAWYER-CLIENT PROTECTED BY CANADIAN LAW.

PRIEST-PENITENT AND MEDICAL DOCTOR-PATIENT NOT PROTECTED.

IF PATIENT WANTS CONFIDENTIALITY AT ALL COSTS CAN USE NOM DE PLUME  AND PAY CASH

IN CANADA NO STATUTE OF LIMITATION ON CRIMINAL CHARGES.

TORONTO CRIMINAL LAWYER LIAM O'CONNOR WHO IS DEFENDING TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL NEUROSURGEON SHAMJI POINTS OUT THAT AS LONG AS A DOCTOR IS ALIVE THE MD CAN BE CHARGED FOR FREUDIAN MISBEHAVIOUR .

THIS SEVERE RISK IS NOT EMPHASISED BY OMA LEGAL DEPARTMENT OF FOUR SALARIED LAWYERS.

IT IS IMPERATIVE TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL WITNESS, (SAY RPN), PRESENT  WHEN EXAMINING A PERSON OF ANY GENDER.

A PROBLEM EXISTS WITH PSYCHIATRY. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO RENT OFFICES
AT ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS REGUS WHICH HAVE A BUSY COMMON AREAS OR IN  HOSPITAL CLINICS.  PRIVATE OFFICES ARE A MAJOR RISK IN PSYCHIATRY

AS FOR UNCHAPERONED HOUSE CALLS; DIFFICULT TO DEFEND A COMPLAINT IF NO WITNESS.

IN PRESENT POLITICAL CLIMATE BEST NOT TO PUT MEDICAL LICENSE IN DANGER . BY ANY 'POLITICALLY INCORRECT' QUESTION OR  STATEMENT AND BY ANY MOVEMENT OR GESTURE THAT COULD IMPLY A SENSUAL OVERTONE. BEST TO USE FORMAL SALUTATION INC FAMILY NAME. FIRST NAME ONLY FOR CHILDREN SAY UP TO 16. SOME ETHNIC COMMUNITIES DISLIKE  DIFFERENT GENDERS SHAKING HANDS.