Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 26 Nov 10

THAT’S the way the cookie crumbles! Australian health administration advisor, Stephen Duckett, has reportedly left a highly paid position advising the Alberta Health System in Canada on how to reduce hospital waiting lists, after he chose to chew a cookie rather than enter probing questions from the media. According to reports, Duckett, who arrived in Canada last year, was at home when journalists arrived on his doorstep and demanded answers to healthcare questions. Instead Duckett, the former secretary of the Australian Health Department, told reporters that he would not answer questions and would “prefer to eat my cookie”. Video of the incident, where he continually refers to the cookie was posted on YouTube shortly thereafter. The next day, Alberta authorities announced that due to a mutual agreement Duckett would leave his position. A BEVVY for Buddy. This festive season dog owners in Holland will be able to buy their four footed friends a beer, following the Dutch invention of the world’s first Dog Beer. Alcohol free, the beverage is crafted from beef extracts and malt, to create a beer taste. “For large dogs we would recommend one bottle a day and for things like a chihuahua, well they prefer shorts,” said a spokesperson for the brewery. FOR art’s sake! A New York University professor, Wafaa Bilal, has had a camera surgically implanted into the back of his head as part of a new art installation titled ‘The 3rd I’. The shape and size of a man’s watch, the camera installation is designed to “raise important social, aesthetic, political, technological, and artistic questions.” The exhibition is due to open on 15 Dec in Qatar.

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