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Toronto doctor loses licence after she admits to sexual relationship with cancer patient
CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2019 6:20 PM ET | Last Updated: 10 hours ago
Theepa Sundaralingam, 37, a former oncologist at the Rouge Valley Health System, had her licence revoked on Wednesday by the College for Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. (Robert Krbavac/CBC)
A Toronto doctor has had her licence revoked after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a cancer patient.
Theepa Sundaralingam, 37, a former oncologist with the Rouge Valley Health System, appeared at a disciplinary hearing at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario on Wednesday on allegations of professional misconduct.
Staring straight ahead with a blank expression, she listened as the details of the relationship were read aloud.
What began as flirting evolved into sexual touching and intercourse — sometimes at the hospital, other times at the patient's family home, the disciplinary panel heard.
All the while, Sundaralingam continued to treat the man, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban.
The panel heard that seven months into the relationship, Sundaralingam told the man she'd fallen in love with a colleague and broke off the affair. Shortly afterward, she refused to see him or treat him.
Toronto doctor loses licence after she admits to sexual relationship with cancer patient
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CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2019 6:20 PM ET | Last Updated: 10 hours ago
Theepa Sundaralingam, 37, a former oncologist at the Rouge Valley Health System, had her licence revoked on Wednesday by the College for Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. (Robert Krbavac/CBC)
A Toronto doctor has had her licence revoked after admitting to having a sexual relationship with a cancer patient.
Theepa Sundaralingam, 37, a former oncologist with the Rouge Valley Health System, appeared at a disciplinary hearing at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario on Wednesday on allegations of professional misconduct.
Staring straight ahead with a blank expression, she listened as the details of the relationship were read aloud.
What began as flirting evolved into sexual touching and intercourse — sometimes at the hospital, other times at the patient's family home, the disciplinary panel heard.
All the while, Sundaralingam continued to treat the man, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban.
The panel heard that seven months into the relationship, Sundaralingam told the man she'd fallen in love with a colleague and broke off the affair. Shortly afterward, she refused to see him or treat him.
