Nova Scotia doctor reprimanded in treatment of elderly woman who died
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia doctor has been reprimanded for the inadequate care of an elderly patient who eventually died.
The province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons said Dr. Justin Clark did not adequately care for an elderly woman who came to the Colchester East Hants Health Centre in Truro, N.S., complaining of weakness.
The college’s ruling said the patient — who was in declining health with a recent history of urinary tract infections — arrived at the hospital’s emergency room in early 2017 and underwent blood work, urinalysis and chest x-rays.
It said Clark stated that the blood work came back “good,” and informed her family that her antibiotics would be stopped and she would be released from hospital.