Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins

• Ontario pharmacists move towards mandatory reporting of prescription-dispensing errors

  Melissa Sheldrick, whose eight-year-old son died in March 2016 after being given the wrong medication, said she is thrilled Ontario is working to change.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2017
  
• Shoppers Drug Mart gave Jean Marris the wrong medication — the result could have been dangerous

  When Jean Marris of Mississauga, Ont., filled her prescription for her weekly medication last Sunday, she was alarmed when she returned home and found dozens of pills.

  Canada

  Jan 12, 2017
  
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• How widespread are prescription error problems in Canada? We don’t really know

  More than 600 million medical prescriptions were dispensed by Canadian pharmacies in 2015. But how often are mistakes made? Experts say there's very little data.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2016
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• Politicians search for national solution to Canada’s opioid crisis at summit in Ottawa

  Canada's opioid epidemic will be front and centre today in Ottawa, where politicians will meet with members of the medical community with the common goal of curbing drug addiction and saving lives.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2016