VOYEURISM CASE DOCTOR GETS OK TO RESUME PRACTICE

A Nova Scotia physician charged with voyeurism after medical clinic staff were surreptitiously filmed in the washroom has approval to practice again. Dr. Rafid al-Nassar, a 41-year-old former Iraqi refugee, was arrested last fall after New Glasgow Regional Police received a complaint from staff at the Westside Medical Centre. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia lifted its interim suspension against al-Nassar, but said he is required “to have a chaperone present for all patient encounters, except ... in the operating room.” The college ordered signs noting the chaperone requirement to be displayed. Al-Nassar, who practised for a time in Ontario, still faces a criminal trial. Police said staff members complained after a camera was found in the staff washroom.