A St. Albert doctor has been sanctioned by the professional college after admitting to unprofessional conduct.
Dr. Aimen Fateis, a general practitioner from St. Albert, was sanctioned by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) after an incident in January 2019, CPSA released in a statement today.
Fateis was sanctioned after failing to detect and remove a foreign body from his patient's eye, amending the patient’s record without noting the date of the change, and failing to respond accurately to CPSA about the incident.
After a hearing, the college has suspended Fateis’s practice permit for two months, with one month to be served and the second held in abeyance under the conditions that Fateis fulfills the other orders by the college’s tribunal.
Fateis must complete a course on ethics and boundaries, record keeping, and ophthalmological emergencies, at his own expense. The doctor is responsible for 75 per cent of the costs of the investigation and hearing, but the final amount is yet to be determined.
