On the stand in one of his recent medical negligence trials, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Tracy Hicks addressed his unrelated appeal of a decision to limit his privileges at a Metro Vancouver hospital.
“I didn’t really want to win one way or the other,” he said of his legal battle with Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock, B.C., according to a 2020 court transcript.
“I wasn’t really interested or not. I just thought I would do it — and it was financed by CMPA [the Canadian Medical Protective Association].”
Hicks ultimately lost his challenge at B.C.’s Hospital Appeal Board, sealing his removal from Peace Arch’s emergency on-call schedule. He would also lose the negligence
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