Medical Errors Abuse and intimidation at McGill (Montreal) affiliated hospitals (patient and physician safety)

The Media Co-op

"....Dr. Nataros said that when he decided to report the medical errors, the doctors involved in the incident responded by getting a number of their colleagues to write letters accusing him of being argumentative and disrespecting authority. He also said that Dr. Sarkis Meterissian, the Postgraduate Director of Family Medicine at McGill University, attempted to defame his name. In a letter, which Dr. Nataros provided to The Dominion, Dr. Meterissian suggested that Dr. Nataros may suffer from a mental illness and requested that he undergo a medical evaluation.
Dr. Meterissian told The Dominion he could not comment on the specifics of Dr. Nataros’ case because the matter was currently in front of the Collège des médecins du Québec (the province’s professional order of physicians). Dr. Nataros claimed that the treatment he has received is an example of the intimidation that many med students and young doctors face....