The health professions appeal board said a Northern Ontario doctor acted reasonably when he said he no longer wanted to provide care to a patient whose mother was a difficult to deal with
The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons has rejected a complaint from a Northern Ontario woman after a doctor in Sault Ste. Marie refused to provide further treatment to the woman's son, because the woman had a history of being abusive to the doctor.
The case involved a hematologist in the Sault who was treating an adult cerebral palsy patient, who is quadriplegic, cognitively intact, non-verbal with a communication board, uses a wheelchair and requires a gastrostomy tube. During one process when the physician was working to get biopsy samples, the doctor was seeking confirmation on whether the patient had a rare disease. The mother was frustrated when delays occurred.
The patient was eventually treated by a hematologist in Toronto, but wanted to transfer back to Sault Ste. Marie. The hematologist in the Sault declined to accept the patient, partially based on the mother's previous behaviour. She said the doctor abruptly discharged the patient’s care back to his family physician without providing any information about the results or diagnosis.
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