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>Canadian doctor suspended for signing U.S. >prescriptions for patients he didn't see > >By: Associated Press > >VANCOUVER, British Columbia-- A Canadian doctor was >suspended for two years because he signed >prescriptions for U.S. patients he never saw to give >them access to cheaper medicine. > >Dr. Daljit Singh Herar of Surrey, British Columbia, >admitted he signed prescriptions without seeing the >patients face-to-face beforehand, failed to keep >proper records and lied to authorities, said Dr. Doug >Blackman, deputy registrar of the British Columbia >College of Physicians and Surgeons. > >About 10 doctors have been disciplined for such >activity in Canada, but Herar is the first apparent >suspension, said David MacKay, executive director of >the International Pharmacy Association in Winnipeg, >Manitoba. > > >Blackman said the doctors in three previous cases in >British Columbia admitted unprofessional conduct. >Herar admitted infamous conduct and had an earlier >one-year suspension for prescribing medication to >patients prone to drug abuse and addiction, Blackman >said. > >Last fall, Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh said >the nation's medical and pharmacy regulators should do >more to discourage cross-border prescription drug >traffic. Dosanjh is expected to make recommendations >soon for a crackdown on the Internet pharmacy industry >to cut the flow of cheaper Canadian medication to U.S. >citizens.

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