DOCTOR SUSPENDED FOR TAKING $700K IN LOANS FROM PATIENTS

An Ontario doctor’s licence has been suspended after he solicited and accepted more than $700,000 in loans from two patients, most of which he has failed to repay, according to a decision released by the doctors’ regulatory body. The College of Physicians and Surgeons has ruled that Dr. Mirza Rajabali Virani, 67, must not practise medicine for eight months. The college’s disciplinary committee said the Markham, Ont., doctor behaved in a “disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional” manner.