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Background info on this story:
Canadian Province Calls for Investigation
Vancouver - The province has ordered an independent investigation to determine why electroshock treatments administered to geriatric patients at British Columbia's major psychiatric hospital have more than doubled since doctors began to be paid extra for the procedure. Insider speaks out!

Extra! Outspoken doctor RESIGNS: "My professional and personal concerns have come from the heart," says Dr. Jaime Paredes. "In response, my questions have been met with indifference and defensiveness from certain quarters."

The final report. Among the recommendations: start keeping statistics.

More on the Riverview scandal: A psychiatrist at Riverview Hospital says he has been fired for blowing the whistle on "greedy" colleagues and trying to protect elderly patients. Dr. Jaime Paredes, who alleged last year that some doctors at the institution were performing needless electro-shock therapy to plump their bank accounts, said he was told a week ago his contract was being terminated.

next: Michael Matthews ECT Case