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MONTREAL The case of a woman who allegedly impersonated a doctor so successfully that she obtained two internships has gotten even more bizarre, as Montreal police said a second person has recently done the same thing. A spokesperson for the SPVM told CTV News that officers were sent to Lakeshore General Hospital on June 1 to intervene in the case of a woman who was allegedly trying to pass herself off as a physician. The officers found the woman “in a state of distress” and she was placed in the care of the health system. No further details were given due to confidentiality.
The Quebec College of Physicians is speaking out today because the coexistence of the new federal law with the Act concerning end-of-life care in Quebec deprives patients of their right to die rather than to suffer. To correct this situation, parliamentarians in the National Assembly must agree on how to quickly amend the law.
This year s report showed that in 2014-15, the only penalized province was British Columbia. Its payment was docked $241,637. That s about half the amount in extra billing a 2012 audit found was committed just by Dr. Brian Day s Cambie Surgery Centre in Vancouver in just one month. B.C. is also the only province seeking to enforce the act, by cracking down on Cambie s activities. Physicians and clinics have quietly been charging extra fees for health services for many years, yet calls for the federal government to enforce the act have been ignored. Coming down hard on extra-billing may not sound as exciting as announcing new funding for specialized medical services, but it is the job of provincial and federal health ministers to protect the Canada Health Act and guarantee equitable access to health care.