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World news wrapup: 9 August 2019
Pharmacist allegedly threatens doctor for hurting his business; Canadian pharmacist facing discipline over alleged door-to-door distribution of naloxone kits; woman criticises pharmacists over morning-after pill judgement Bangalore, India: A pharmacist …
Under pressure
A Queensland pharmacist has been reprimanded after stealing Ritalin from his workplace, which he said he did to cope with work and life pressures A pharmacist engaged in professional misconduct …
Disqualified pharmacist to pay Pharmacy Board $13,000
A pharmacist who was struck off the register for breaching conditions of registration must pay costs within 28 days A pharmacist who was found guilty of professional misconduct and struck …
Criminal charges filed
A woman allegedly dispensed more than 745,000 prescriptions including opioids while impersonating a pharmacist Criminal charges have been filed against Kim Thien Le for falsely impersonating licensed pharmacists at Walgreens …
World news wrapup: 1 August 2019
Dead rat plague in UK pharmacy; reprimanded NZ pharmacist named; fatal injection in India Hull, England: A spokesperson for the Lloydspharmacy group has apologised to the local community after pharmacy …
Baby died after drinking imported nicotine
A “tragic accident” which killed a toddler has led a coroner to propose an awareness campaign about e-cigarette liquids The child, identified only as “Baby J” in court documents, died …
S8 prescribing rights revoked
A doctor has been reprimanded and barred from prescribing S8s after he did so without the correct authorisation The Medical Board referred Dr Ainslie James Hay Waddell, a specialist GP, …
Pharmacists among those fired, sued in fentanyl deaths case
A hospital has seen 23 staff fired, a CEO step down and a doctor charged with murder following excessive and potentially fatal doses of fentanyl administered to at least 35 …
Pharmacist blasted over ice trafficking
His pharmacy business and fishing venture failed… so one Brisbane pharmacist turned to crime The Courier Mail reports that the pharmacist, a father of one, was caught with 5kg of …
Traumatised pharmacist misappropriated morphine, codeine
A pharmacist has been ordered not to work more than 40 hours a week, after she took medicines from a hospital in 2014 For 10 weeks in 2014, the pharmacist …
The dismissal
Whether a pharmacy employee was unfairly dismissed involved the timing of sick leave as well as a paid employment trial In March 2019, the former employee of a Queensland TerryWhite …
‘Out of sheer vengeance’
A doctor who was jailed for the attempted murder of a pharmacist, after she reported him to AHPRA, has had his appeal knocked back An Adelaide GP who was found …