A pharmacist has been punished after admitting to two inappropriate relationships with vulnerable patients in Winnipeg.

Michael Watts, who's been a registered pharmacist in Manitoba since 2006, pleaded guilty to professional misconduct in a College of Pharmacists of Manitoba disciplinary hearing in June, the college said in a disciplinary decision dated July 11 and recently published online.

Watts admitted to having a relationship with a vulnerable patient at a North End pharmacy between February and June 2022, the disciplinary decision says.

He also admitted to another inappropriate relationship with a vulnerable patient, or former patient, between 2021 and 2022, the decision says.

The college fined Watts $7,500 and imposed a restriction on his pharmacist's licence that prohibits

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