No, it isn't. I was really saddened to hear that. I have nothing personally against Dr. Yacoub. And I'm not sure it was personal. But Dr. Yacoub should know very well that family physicians have no part in reporting cancer. We have no process for doing it. We don't diagnose cancer. We actually refer people. Even for the minor operations and surgeries we do in our offices, the pathologist analyzing the samples taken is the person who makes the diagnosis.
Just to be sure, I double-checked with the Alberta Medical Association, family practice section, and I was told flatly that family physicians do not report cancer. My successor in Fort Chipewyan, who was referred to as the physician in Fort Chipewyan who was now reporting cancer, got angry and irate and responded very publicly to say that he was doing nothing more than I did, which was my obligation in Fort Chipewyan. It was my obligation in Fort Chipewyan to simply document what I was finding.