2026 Biennial General Meeting Recap

Services & workforceTodayManitobaWinnipeg (WRHA)

Winnipeg pharmacist fined for dispensing incorrect dosage of anti-psychotic medication

The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba fined pharmacist Rumina Ishani $3,500 plus $5,000 in costs for professional misconduct. The disciplinary action follows an August 2025 incident where the pharmacist failed to verify a prescription, resulting in a patient receiving a 20mg dose of an anti-psychotic instead of the prescribed 2mg.

This case serves as a reminder to ensure rigorous verification of drug dosages and patient identification during the clinical review process.

Services & workforceYesterdayCanada

Inquiry looking into man's death in Edmonton ER hears about too many patients, not enough beds or doctors

A fatality inquiry heard that Prashant Sreekumar, 44, died on Dec. 22, 2025 after waiting about eight hours in the Grey Nuns emergency department in Edmonton for chest pain. A doctor testified the hospital's five general medicine units have run above capacity since at least 2024, with occupancy around 101 per cent in 2025, and that 20 to 30 per cent of beds hold patients who no longer need hospital care. The inquiry resumes in December.

The testimony puts numbers to ER overcrowding: more patients than beds, and a fifth to a third of beds taken by patients awaiting placement elsewhere.

Services & workforce3 days agoManitobaPrairie Mountain Health

New Retention and Recruitment Office Helps Bring 18 Physicians to Prairie Mountain Health

The provincial Retention and Recruitment Office has successfully recruited 18 new physicians to the Prairie Mountain Health region. This effort is intended to improve medical staffing levels in the area.

Eighteen new physicians are joining the Prairie Mountain Health region to help address current staffing levels.

ResearchServices & workforce4 days agoCanada

Canada’s nursing workforce grows, but shortages and wage pressures persist

A Statistics Canada report shows registered nursing employment grew by over 100,000 positions since 2019. Despite this growth, vacancy rates remain high, particularly for licensed practical nurses, and inflation-adjusted wages for many nursing roles have declined since 2019.