A physician with the Appletree Medical Group has resigned before a disciplinary hearing regarding allegations of sexual abuse could take place, reports the CBC.
Dr. Megeri Ede, 80, was scheduled for a hearing on Monday before the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The hearing was scheduled concerning allegations from Ede’s former receptionist, who said the doctor sexually harassed her and sexually abused her while she was his patient in 2009.
The receptionist also charged Ede with sexual assault in 2009 but the charges were later withdrawn.
The hearing was cancelled and the college has withdrawn the allegations since Ede resigned and promised to stop practising medicine.
Neither Ede’s guilt or innocence was ever proven in court.
Up until this point, the doctor continued to practice at the Appletree Medical Group clinic on Slater Street. He was only allowed to treat male patients unless a female monitor was present, due to restrictions that went in effect in June 2011.
Ede was also due to appear at a hearing in February about charges that he didn’t follow the college’s medical records policy with 25 of his patients since January 2010. The February hearing was also cancelled in light of the doctor’s resignation.