Five more sexual assault charges laid against Hamilton doctor

Police have laid five additional charges of sexual assault against a Hamilton doctor.

Dr. Pierre Picard, 48, now faces a total of seven sexual assault charges after more victims have come forward.

In August, a woman reported to police that she was sexually assaulted by her doctor in June. During the investigation, a second woman came forward and said she was assaulted by the same doctor in July.

On November 30, Picard was arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault.

After a media release about Picard’s arrest was sent out on December 1, three more victims came forward and reported being sexually assaulted by Picard between 2015 and 2016.

Picard was arrested on December 14 and charged with five more counts of sexual assault. He has been released on a promise to appear in court.

Hamilton police believe there may be more victims that had contact with Picard and are asking anyone with further information to contact Detective Doug Jonovich of the Sexual Assault Unit at (905) 540-4614.

Source: http://www.chch.com/five-sexual-assault-charges-laid-hamilton-doctor/

Patients sue doctor after suffering infections, serious illnesses under his care

Dr. Stephen James was found by a disciplinary committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to have treated a number of patients in unsterile conditions, some of whom later became seriously ill.


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Fired Hamilton doctor sues WSIB over "fraud upon the public”

Dr. Brenda Steinnagel, 50, is alleging in her statement of claim that she was terminated last April after the WSIB repeatedly demanded that her employer, Vaughan-based Workplace Health and Cost Solutions, change the medical opinion she authored on a hospital worker who was claiming benefits after suffering head injuries while trying to restrain a patient.....

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Burlington doctor admits to sexual abuse

Dr. Sharif Tadros didn’t say a word at the sexual abuse hearing that would determine whether he’d lose his medical licence. He let his lawyer confess for him.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/04/burlington-doctor-admits-to-sexual-abuse.html

Last year alone, we taxpayers spent $165 million on refunding doctors for the bulk of their medical liability fees.

That’s me and you, paying for the legal defence of doctors who stick their penises in our mouths while we are semi-conscious and strapped to operating tables.

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http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2015/04/17/no-legal-representation-for-victims-of-assault-by-ontario-doctors.html