Dr. Mehdi Horri has been found guilty by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan by their Discipline Hearing Committee of nine charges, which were laid back in January of 2024.
The charges originally heard by the committee are as follows:
- One charge of failing to maintain the standard of practice of the profession arising from a surgical procedure on Patient 1 conducted by Dr. Horri in his clinic on October 4, 2022 - Charge 1
- Eleven charges of unbecoming, improper, unprofessional or discreditable conduct relating to:
- The aforesaid surgery on Patient 1 - Charge 2
- Failing to obtain an informed consent in relation to that surgery - Charge 3
- Failing to have a chaperone present during procedures or encounters with Patients 1 and 2 [Charges 5 and 8] and with female patients generally throughout the years 2018 to 2023 [Charge 14], contrary to an undertaking he had given to the College in 2018 to have a chaperone present during all procedures or encounters involving female patients
- Altering medical records with relation to Patients 1, 2 and 3 after becoming aware of CPSS investigations relating to those patients – Charges 6, 9, and 11
- Inappropriately touching and/or commenting on female Patient 3’s genitals during an examination – Charge 10
- Harassing or encouraging a potential witness in the College’s investigation into his conduct to provide false information – Charge 12
- Failing to maintain appropriate medical records regarding Patients 1, 2 and 3 – Charge 13
Charge 7 was withdrawn by the College, and the College stated it would not seek a conviction for Charge 4. The Committee found that Charges 1, 2, and 10 were unproven by the College, with Charge 13 for Patient 2 also unproven. All other charges saw Dr. Horri proven guilty.
In total, the College charged Dr. Horri with three charges of breaching his undertaking not to see female patients without a chaperone and three charges of making changes to patients’ medical records after becoming aware they had filed complaints with the College.
He also received a charge of unprofessional conduct for telling a potential witness to the College investigation that it was not the time to think about integrity in her communications with the College, and a charge of unprofessional conduct for failing to maintain appropriate medical records for two patients.
Upon investigation by the College, the College stated that "Dr. Horri was found to have failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession by not obtaining sufficient informed consent for a surgical procedure."
A penalty hearing is expected to take place in September 2025.