A patient’s guide to medication errors in Ontario, including the common error patterns, the high-alert drugs, and what it takes to prove a malpractice claim.
A medication error caused real distress but no compensable mental injury. The Court of Appeal applied the Saadati threshold and dismissed the claim.
GLP-1 drugs are now mainstream medicine in Canada. When prescribing falls below the standard of care, the harms can be serious and the legal questions are real.
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