REYKJAVIK, ICELAND—The Canadian Medical Association says it has resigned from the World Medical Association, accusing the international group’s incoming president of plagiarizing his inaugural speech. In a statement released on Saturday, the CMA said it discovered that part of Dr. Leonid Eidelman’s speech was taken from a former CMA president’s speech in 2014. Dr. Gigi Osler, President of the Canadian Medical Association is seen in an undated handout photo. Current CMA president Gigi Osler said she and a Canadian delegation were in Iceland this week for the WMA’s annual general assembly, where major issues and topics in medicine are discussed. Delegates from the Canadian Medical Association have been valuable participants in WMA affairs for many years,” Montgomery said.

Source: thestar October 06, 2018 21:33 UTC