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Article content Ontario law requires doctors, optometrists and nurse practitioners to report to Ontario any medical conditions, eye problems or physical limitations that make it dangerous for patients to drive. Medical officials can be found liable for failing to report someone unfit to get behind the wheel. Nyla Matuk, however, contends the MTO itself is guilty of negligence for relying on fax machines to receive medical reports about drivers. “This problem has been identified for a very long time,” Matuk, a Toronto-based poet and writer, said Tuesday. “This fax machine situation seems...

Article content Nyla and Robert Matuk say their mother, Dr. Naeema Matuk, should not have had her licence renewed in May 2020, two months after a doctor advised the MTO that it was dangerous for her to continue driving because of cognitive decline. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The MTO said it did not receive the fax. Dr. Matuk died from the catastrophic injuries she received in a single-car crash on Carling Avenue in July 2020. The 85-year-old lost control of her car, swerved across several lanes of traffic and slammed into a house on the oppos...