2 Sept 2017

TORONTO STAR AUG 2015. WORLD FAMOUS MS NEUROLOGIST RESIGNS FROM MEDICAL PROFESSION AFTER A COMPLAINT FROM FEMALE PATIENT FOLLOWED BY 3 UNDECIDED CPSO TRIBUNALS AND APPEALS.

PROFESSOR PAUL WILLIAMS O'CONNOR MD(TOR) FRCPC WAS HEAD OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DEPT OF ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL. A FEMALE PT MADE A COMPLAINT TO CPSO.' THE TRIBUNAL OF CPSO IS NOT A COURT. THERE IS NO JUDGE ; ONLY A REFEREE LAWYER SITTING AT THE SIDE TO GIVE ADVICE ON PROCEDURE. THE TRIBUNAL IS A MIX OF DOCTORS WITHOUT LEGAL TRAINING AND LAY POLITICAL APPOINTEES; AT TIMES INCLUDING A LAWYER. THERE WERE THREE TRIBUNALS AND APPEALS. BEFORE THE VERDICT WAS TO BE GIVEN, PROFESSOR O'CONNOR RESIGNED HIS MEDICAL LICENCE AND AGREED TO LEAVE THE MEDICAL PROFESSION COMPLETELY.  (COMMENT; A TRAGIC LOSS TO CANADIAN MEDICINE.. ANYONE,ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD CAN MAKE AN ANONYMOUS COST-FREE COMPLAINT TO CPSO . THE CPSO TRIBUNAL IS NOT A COURT SO EVIDENCE LAWS ARE RELAXED.  UNLESS THE DOCTOR HAS A CHAPERONE AND VIDEO-RECORDS  INTERVIEWS, SIMILAR DISASTERS WILL CONTINUE IN ONTARIO. MS CAUSES BEHAVIOURAL ABNORMALITIES. NOT GENERALLY KNOWN BY NON-NEUROLOGISTS).