Posted: Jan 13, 2021 11:19 AM MT | Last Updated: January 14
Dr. Wynand Wessels, a white Grande Prairie surgeon, admitted in a disciplinary hearing that he tied this noose and taped it to the door of a hospital operating room in June 2016.(Submitted by Dr. Carrie Kollias)
A white Grande Prairie surgeon who tied a noose and taped it to the door of an operating room in June 2016 where it could be seen by Black colleagues is guilty of unprofessional conduct, a regulatory body concluded in a ruling released Wednesday.
But the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) said there was not enough evidence to conclude that Dr. Wynand Wessels was motivated by racism or intended to create a racist symbol when he hung the rope on the door.
Zimbabwe: Illegal Covid-19 Testing Sites Mushroom in Cities allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Staff Reporter
ILLEGAL Covid-19 testing sites are mushrooming in the country as some Zimbabweans intending to travel outside the country seek fake test papers to cross the national borders.
Zimbabwe opened its borders on 1 December after a closure of nearly eight months to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
The closures seriously affected businesses mostly, those involving informal traders many of whom travel to neighbouring countries seeking goods for resell back home.
However, the reopening of the national borders has brought little joy to the traders as they are required to fork out US$60 to get a negative Covid-19 pass that will allow one to travel out of the country.
ABC Benefits Corporations Act. In addition, the Bill
repeals the
Hospitals Act.
The Bill received Royal Assent on December 9, 2020. While most
of the Bill comes into force on proclamation, certain provisions
came into force on Royal Assent and are therefore law. Amendments
that are now law include all of the
Health Information Act
amendments except those related to Alberta s Electronic Health
Record (discussed below), and the repeal of subsections (n) and (s)
in section 132(1) of the
Health Professions Act, which
removes a council under that Act s authority to make bylaws
respecting benefits programs and educational incentives and
respecting setting and negotiating professional fees and related