Two Montreal anesthesiologists suspended for questionable practices [Video]

Two anesthesiologists at Montreal’s Royal Victoria Hospital were brought before the Quebec College of Physicians disciplinary board for questionable practices and were suspended.

Two others from the same department are scheduled to appear before the board next year.

Dr. Thomas Schricker, who is head of the department, and Dr. Ralph Bernd Lattermann are accused of various infractions, including giving prescriptions without meeting the patient, providing inadequate follow ups and leaving pre-anesthetic evaluations blank.

Schrickner pleaded guilty in November to failing “to practice his profession in accordance with the rules of the profession,” according to the ruling from the disciplinary board.

He failed to perform a complete and sufficient pre-anesthetic assessment prior to a surgery and signed off on multiple files without having met the patient, according to the college’s disciplinary report.

A similar story is found for Lattermann, who pleaded guilty to giving a patient a fentanyl prescription and discharged …