Globe & Mail: Federal Health Minister 45y Hon.RONALEE AMBROSE PC MP (Edmonton-Spruce Grove) will use Nurses to screen air passengers from West Africa.

Fed. Min. Health Ronalee ("Rona") AMBROSE BA( U.Victoria, BC) MA Pol.Sci.(U.Alberta, Edmonton) Married to ScotiaMcLeod Branch Manager, Edmonton. Bruce AMBROSE.

"Min Ambrose acknowledged the (temperature)screening may not be effective if a person has no symptoms "Globe & Mail.

(No mention of blood and urine tests. Also no mention of using MDs trained in Tropical medicine.)

UK PRIVATE EYE # 1376: BIRMINGHAM NHS RESTRICTS OUT-OF-AREA PATIENTS to DEPTS. of PAIN, DERMATOLOGY & GENERAL SURGERY.

"August 26 Andrew McKirgan, executive chief operatng officer of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust sent a blunt letter to the chiefs of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) who are outside the area....we are no longer in a position to combine patient choice with a guaranteed maximum 18-wk waiting time."

"NHS in England alone is facing a GBP30bn deficit over the next five years."

CASSELS BROCK: Award to employee after 10 years.following dismissal.

Cassels Brock e-LERT | October 2014 EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR E-LERT  OCTOBER 2014 casselsbrock.com FORWARD CONTACT US SUBSCRIBE DOWNLOAD Surprising Reinstatement Decision of the Human Rights Tribunal Upheld By: Geoffrey Breen You may recall that last year, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) raised the eyebrows of employers when it ordered that a terminated employee be reinstated to her position with full seniority almost a decade after she had left the workplace. In Fair v. Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, 2013 HRTO 440 (“Fair”), the employee was awarded, among other things, reinstatement (which included nine years of back pay) and $30,000 for compensation for the injury to her dignity, feelings and self-respect. To read our prior e-lert on this decision, click here. Until recently, the Tribunal had generally been of the view that its reinstatement powers should be exercised in limited circumstances. As a result, many were surprised to see the Tribunal reinstate an employee almost ten years after her termination. Such a decision results in an uncharacteristically large damages award and also leaves the employer with the undoubtedly uncomfortable task of re-integrating the employee back into the workplace. It was therefore no surprise that the employer in Fair brought an application for judicial review of the Tribunal’s decision before a panel of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Divisional Court (“Divisional Court”). Among the several grounds raised, the employer challenged the appropriateness of the reinstatement award in the circumstances. On September 29, 2014, the Divisional Court released its decision on the application,1 upholding the decision of the Tribunal and awarding an additional $15,000 in costs against the employer in respect of the judicial review process. The Divisional Court made short order of the employer’s quarrel with the reinstatement award. It held that the Tribunal has broad remedial authority and that, while reinstatement is unusual, there is no barrier or obstacle to the remedy at law. The Divisional Court concluded that the Tribunal’s decision with respect to remedy is “intelligible, transparent and with justification. The outcome is within the range of reasonable expectation.” While one could argue that such a result was not within anyone’s reasonable expectation at the time, with Court approval of the Tribunal’s decision in Fair, employers should now have little doubt that the Tribunal’s power to reinstate is a risk on any termination that is found to result from unlawful discrimination. __________________________ 1 Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board v. Fair, 2014 ONSC 2411

GLOBE & MAIL article on Univ. Health Network offers "International Patient Program".

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UHN(= P.M.Cancer Hosp, Toronto General, Western & Rehab.) offers PRIVATE TREATMENT.

In 6 months 51 pts paid $4,500,000.

Eligibility Criteria

The IPP screens elective international patients to ensure they meet the eligibility criteria below. All patients are rigorously screened, and not all applications are accepted for treatment.
Inclusion Criteria – IPP will screen applications for elective non-urgent cases for:

1. Non-Canadians
2. Canadian citizens living abroad who would like to return back to Canada for care or treatments, but are not going to be resident and therefore not eligible for provincial insurance.
3. Patients who are coming for continued follow-up care with their previous UHN physician.

The following international patients are processed by UHN Corporate Billing and Accounts Receivable (CBAR):

1. International emergency and urgent patients;
2. UHIP, Cowen, or Saudi-insured patients and international students;
3. Expatriates living abroad who would like to return back to Canada for care or treatments and are planning to stay AND have applied for provincial insurance. We require a confirmation letter from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care during the 90-day wait period.
4. Patients with refugee status;
5. Patients with a work visa who are currently living in Canada;
6. Consulate and Embassy employees.

If you fall within any of these six categories, please contact CBAR at 416 340 4800 ext.3060 or click here.​

Superior Court Justice Hon Julie Alexandra THORBURN acquits two 36y.male MDs charged with sexual assault of 26y. female medical student..

CV:
Bacc. in International Song (magna cum laude) Univ. Montreal 1982-85.
LLB (cum laude) Queen's Univ.1985-1988
Cert. in Private International Law (The Hague).
Partner: Cassels,Brock, Blackwell.
Superior Ct Judge 2006-present.

Crown Attorney: Cara SWEENEY. Called to Bar 1999.

Dr. Amitabh CHAUHAN (McMaster,,Hamilton,Ont 2010) represented by Barrister Marlys EDWARDH CM . BA (Carleton,Ott.Pol.Sci) LLB (York U.) LLM (U.Calif.) Called to Bar 1976.Partner: (Toronto) SACK, GOLDBLATT, MITCHELL.

Dr. Suganthan KAYILASANATHAN( Med.Univ.of Americas -NEVIS 2007) by Barrister David M.HUMPHREY (father Late Judge David G.Humphrey) BA (U.Western Ont.) LLB (UWO ) Called to Bar 1985. Partner:(Toronto) GREENSPAN,HUMPHREY, LAVINE.

Seven week trial.widely reported by Canadian media. imcl. photos of Justice Thorburn.

TORONTO STAR: 19 Sept. Winnipeg Lawyer Marilou McPhedran comments on GP S..N. MAHARAJH

Winnipeg Lawyer Marilou McPhedran was Chair in 1991 & 2001 of  Ontario Task Force on Sexual Abuse (of patients) by health-care professionals. She said that the CPSO had the legal basis to have revoked Dr.Maharajh's medical licence. The legal loophole used by the Defence was the omission of the nipple in the Regulated Health Professions Act.

Toronto Star Sept 18.: College Physicians & Surgeons.(CPSO) definition of Sexual Abuse of a patient.

CPSO Senior lawyer CAROLYN SILVER pointed out that licence "mandatory revocation" for "sexual abuse" resulted from 1991 (Provincial) Legislation. Sexual abuse defined as," intercourse,various forms of contact with the genitals, the anus and the mouth, and (office) masturbation."

GP.Sastri Narendra MAHARAJH, 53y, a Univ. Toronto grad., from Mississauga ( a West Toronto suburb) regained his licence to see MALES ONLY after an eight month suspension following an admission that he "either placed his mouth or placed his cheek on the breasts of up to 13 female patients.".