Dr. Altaf Khumree, a general practitioner in Strathmore has been found guilty of three counts of unprofessional conduct in regards to a personal relationship with a patient and prescribing opioids.

He continues to practice medicine in town, but with a chaperone present when treating female patients.

According to a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta news release dated June 5, he is accused of having a relationship with a patient under his care since 2011 and inappropriately prescribing medications, that include opioids to himself between 2012 and 2015.

The accusations were leveled against Khumree at a disciplinary hearing in January 2020.

He is accused of entering into a personal relationship with a patient, for whom he had been providing medical care since 2011, which conflicts with CPSA’s standard of practice on boundary violations. Inappropriately prescribing medication to himself on several occasions (including opioids and other drugs prone to abuse) between 2012 and 2015, in violation of the Canadian Medical Association’s Code of Ethics, and failing to declare on his CPSA annual renewal that he’d engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a patient, or that he’d been charged with a criminal offence (impaired driving), which conflicts with CPSA’s standard of practice on self-reporting.

Khumree admitted to the allegations against him. Sanctions will be determined at a later date.