Marine
12-31-2002, 10:32pm
A Unionville family doctor has lost his licence after five female patients complained about inappropriate breast exams.
Dr. Heung-Wing Li, who owns two clinics in Scarborough and a third in Richmond Hill, was sentenced last year to 18 months' house arrest after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman while administering a breast exam in 1998.
A disciplinary hearing at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, which regulates the profession, recently heard that Li cupped the breasts of a female patient who was complaining of a chest cold, and fondled the breasts of another patient who had a stomach ache.
He grabbed and squeezed another patient's breasts during a consultation, suggesting the patient get more exercise because her breasts were "flabby."
When another patient complaining of a migraine refused a breast exam, Li suggested she ask her boyfriend to check them for her. The college last week ordered Li to pay $20,000 for partial payment of the cost of the eight-day hearing and $30,000 towards therapy and counselling for his victims. Although Li maintained that the breast exams were warranted, neither the college nor the profession condoned his methods.
with files from Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035775867505&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037
Dr. Heung-Wing Li, who owns two clinics in Scarborough and a third in Richmond Hill, was sentenced last year to 18 months' house arrest after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman while administering a breast exam in 1998.
A disciplinary hearing at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, which regulates the profession, recently heard that Li cupped the breasts of a female patient who was complaining of a chest cold, and fondled the breasts of another patient who had a stomach ache.
He grabbed and squeezed another patient's breasts during a consultation, suggesting the patient get more exercise because her breasts were "flabby."
When another patient complaining of a migraine refused a breast exam, Li suggested she ask her boyfriend to check them for her. The college last week ordered Li to pay $20,000 for partial payment of the cost of the eight-day hearing and $30,000 towards therapy and counselling for his victims. Although Li maintained that the breast exams were warranted, neither the college nor the profession condoned his methods.
with files from Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035775867505&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037