An Estevan-based doctor has been fined and suspended for four months by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan for what their document calls "unprofessional conduct." The college handed down the suspension on Friday, March 20, and will be officially reprimanding him at their next regularly-scheduled Council meeting.

The charges stem from a string of incidents beginning on May 22 of 2017.

"Dr. [Medhi] Horri admitted unprofessional conduct for failing to maintain the standards of the profession in relation to treatment of four patients in hospital," reads a decision on the college's website, "and by providing propofol to a patient in his clinic."

On that day, Dr. Horri was in charge of a patient the college would only identify by the initials L.B. According to the charges brought against him by the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Horri gave the patient Rocuronium without advising STARS personnel that it had been administered. 

As per everydayhealth.com. Rocuronium is a muscle relaxant that is given before general anesthesia in preparing you for surgery and helps to keep your body still during surgery. 

The charges go on to state that Dr. Horri left a medical student in charge of the patient's transfer to Regina "without providing appropriate oversight." Dr. Horri was not present when STARS personnel arrived, leaving the medical student to communicate with them before they took the patient to Regina. 

Two other incidents that same spring, on April 21 and 22, are also listed in the charges. On April 21, he arranged for an iron transfusion and fresh frozen plasma for a patient identified only as Q.L. The college stated this was done in a manner "not within the standard of practice of the profession". 

On April 22, Dr. Horri arranged a blood transfusion for a patient named as A.W. but, according to the council's report, "failed to follow the advice of a hemopathologist who was consulted with respect to the care of the patient A.W." He then failed to follow the hospital's transfusion protocol and lost his temper with the hospital nursing staff, even going so far as to say he might contact the licensing body for nursing. 

The charges continue from there. On June 12 of 2017, he was involved in the care of another patient, when a pharmacist "recommended a reduction in the quantities of medications being administered." Dr. Horri did not follow this recommendation and did not record his reasons for doing so.

The final charge listed by the council stems from an incident over a year later on October 30 of 2018. He provided treatment to a patient at his medical clinic, but his clinic was not approved as a non-hospital treatment facility. He gave this patient a dose of propofol, which is another drug usually administered before general anesthetic as it slows the activity of the brain and nervous system. 

Dr. Horri has been in hot water with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan before. While working in Ontario, he had a sexual relationship with a patient from Pembrooke. He lost his license for nine months in 2017 when the College found out.

According to an article in the Ottawa Citizen, Dr. Horri began a sexual relationship with a patient of his who was more than 20 years younger than him and who he had been treating for severe anxiety and depression for about five months. In 2019, after Dr. Horri appealed their original verdict of losing his license, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario reduced his suspension to 12 months. 

In 2017, Ontario made it illegal for doctors to have sex with a patient within a year of their last professional appointment. For a full list of the charges the College of Saskatchewan brought against Dr. Horri, you can visit their website.