{
  "id": 1763520,
  "title": "Pharmacist who failed to disclose addiction, couldn’t account for ‘staggering’ amount of drugs fined $100K by disciplinary panel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/pharmacist-who-failed-to-disclose-addiction-couldnt-account-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-18T17:50:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/08/18/pharmacist-who-failed-to-disclose-addiction-couldnt-account-for-staggering-amount-of-drugs-fined-100k-by-disciplinary-panel"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Manitoba pharmacist, Glen Pauch, has been fined $100,000 for failing to disclose his addiction and improperly accounting for a large number of drugs. The disciplinary panel found that over 39,000 doses of controlled substances, including opioids and stimulants, were not accounted for while Pauch was working at a Portage la Prairie pharmacy. Pauch also admitted to placing multiple orders for hydromorphone powder that were not entered into the pharmacy's records, with a significant amount remaining unaccounted for after he left the pharmacy in October 2021.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}