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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is denying that he placed a phone call to the chief executive officer of a Brampton hospital that may have contributed to the hospital’s decision to remove an outspoken critic of the government’s coronavirus response from his role directing the intensive care unit.
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In mid-January Brooks Fallis, MD, was relieved of his duties as interim medical director of critical care at William Osler Health System in Canada s Ontario province. Fallis had publicly criticized the provincial government s response to the pandemic, most recently to the new coronavirus variants.
Fallis said he was stripped of his directorship because the government pressured Osler administrators and because he did not warn them about all his media appearances. Officials with Osler and the provincial government, however, denied his claims.
Then on Friday, Ontario issued a six-point plan to address the variants, echoing some of Fallis s points.
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Doctor claims he was fired from key role due to pandemic response criticism
by News staff
Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 8:56 am EDT
The Interim Medical Director of Critical Care at William Osler Health System claims he was terminated from the role due to his “outspoken, public statements about Ontario’s pandemic response.”
Dr. Brooks Fallis said he was deeply disappointed in the decision by the hospital to terminate his contract, considering he says he had already received an offer to extend it.
Dr. Fallis claims he learned of the reversal of this decision in mid-January when he was told by senior officials that he was being let go as Interim Medical Director.