BC Doctor Loses Appeal to Retain Hospital Privileges Lost Over Refusal of COVID-19 Vaccine

A doctor in B.C. has lost an appeal that would have allowed her to keep her hospital privileges despite not taking the COVID-19 vaccine. A Nov. 20 Hospital Appeal decision said that the hospital privileges of Dr. Theresa Szezepaniak were suspended as of Aug. 19, 2022, as she was not able to work in a hospital setting due to public health orders (PHO). The health orders said that “staff members were not permitted to work in a care location, which included hospitals, after Oct. 25, 2021, unless they had received a COVID-19 vaccine or had been granted an exemption from the PHO,” the appeal said. The orders did not have an expiration date....