A doctor at the Montreal General Hospital is being sued for sexual harassment.
A respiratory therapist with the MUHC said Dr. Richard Robinson harassed her with sexually-specific texts, pictures and unwanted touching over a two-year period.
She said it began in the operating room.
“Whenever the surgery would start and they would put up the sterile drapes everywhere and we're behind the monitors watching over the patient, I would not only have to worry about the patient's safety but my own wellbeing, because I'm there with this person who's making me feel horrible,” she told CTV.
"The MUHC said it can't comment on pending or ongoing legal proceedings. But, maintains it does not tolerate sexual harrassment in the work place. It says like most physicians, Dr. Robinson is not an MUHC employee, though he has privileges and us currently working in the ICU at the General hospital" reported CTV's Denise Roberts.
The College of Physicians is reported saying the doctor in question is the subject of a disciplinary complaint, that hearings will be "scheduled soon".
CTV did not reveal the employee's name.
“I didn't even know who to talk to. I was afraid of being judged and I didn't know how this was going to be perceived. I didn't know what to do,” she said.
In 2014, she went to her supervisor.
The court filing indicates Robinson was told by the hospital to stay away from her, but within months they were back in the OR together.
The employee alleges the harassment continued.
Again, she said, she took her case to her superiors, to police and to her union.
She said they all let her down.
The ordeal led her to be treated for depression.
The alleged harassment finally stopped when she hired a lawyer.
- With files from CTV Montreal