A doctor in Swift Current will be suspended for one month after a penality hearing was held this past Saturday.

     At the hearing, Dr Laurens Steenberg acknowledged that he failed to maintain patient records for patients he saw from 2004 to 2008, and also failed to provide timely reports for patients that requested reports during that period of time.

     Associate Registrar with the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bryan Salte says Dr Steenberg will also have to pay for the costs of the investigation, and he will be in contact with the patients that he did not maintain proper records for.