A Manitoba pharmacist with a history of complaints has been punished for professional misconduct after he admitted to forming inappropriate relationships with two “vulnerable” patients in recent years.
The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba fined and suspended Michael Watts, and also imposed a practice condition prohibiting him from being a pharmacy manager or preceptor for two years.
According to a disciplinary report released in late October, Watts appeared before the college discipline committee on June 24 and admitted to entering into an “inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable patient” between February 2022 and June 2022.
He admitted to the same offence with another vulnerable patient, or former patient, between 2021 and 2022, the report states.