Pharmacist suspended, fined for misconduct

A Manitoba pharmacist will be suspended and have to pay a fine of $22,000 after he pleaded guilty to professional misconduct related to mismanagement of pharmacies in Morden and in Winnipeg from 2021 to 2023.

Zubair Mohammed, a pharmacist in Manitoba since 2010, was the subject of a disciplinary hearing in January. A 27-page ruling was recently published online.

He pleaded guilty to 36 counts of professional misconduct related to the improper distribution, inventory, management and prescribing of medication at the two pharmacies.

In a recent decision posted online, the College of Pharmacists of Manitoba reported Mohammed will be suspended for four months starting within 30 days of the decision, has to pay a fine of $22,000 and has to contribute $35,000 to help cover the costs of the hearing and investigations.

He will also have a restriction on his licence that prohibits him from managing a pharmacy for two years.

He must complete the college’s pharmacy manager training program before he can assume a leadership role.

Mohammed argued against the suspension, as a joint submission on fines was partially accepted, but a disciplinary committee determined the suspension is needed to achieve the “objectives of sentencing and to serve and protect the public.”

Mohammed has five years to pay both his costs contribution and his fine.

morgan.modjeski@freepress.mb.ca