One Swift Current Doctor is being brought before the disciplinary council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan on charges of unprofessional conduct.

The charge, which was filed January 10, accuses Dr. Boniface Lubega of sending unprofessional and threating emails to colleague Dr. Leszek Swica.

Seven emails plus one handwritten note are being used as evidence against Dr. Lubega. The hearing date for the case has not yet been determined.

Dr. Lubega has no previous charges brought before the governing board. In 1984, he received his medical degree from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. Currently, both he and Dr. Swica work out of Cypress Regional Hospital as Anesthesiologists.

Although the charges are pending, the board has found that the messages have been, “Reasonably interpreted... as threatening.”

 

UPDATE 4:25 p.m.: Cypress Health Region has declined to comment on the story, but says, "As a Region we look forward to learning the results of the CPSS investigation once it is complete."