A group of OBGYNs is suing the MUHC for imposing a quota on how many deliveries they can perform, according to La Presse.
The doctors - Alice Benjamin, Robert Korby, Dawn Johansson and Andrew Mok - say the quota discriminates against them since another group of doctors working within the MUHC can share patients and so the quota doesn't have that big of an impact on them.
The four doctors say since the MUHC started the new rules this past summer, they've had to severely restrict the number of patients they see.
They also claim they've had to redirect some patients to other hospitals where the doctors can get around the quotas, something that is stressful for the mothers-to-be, say the doctors.
Paul Brunet, chairman of the Quebec Council for the Protection of Patients, said healthcare should be offered where the demand is and according to patients' wishes not according to quotas, calling them "illegal, illegitimate and inhumane."
"The problem for the MUHC and probably other hospitals is that the presence of resources is possible, is there, so that's not a matter of limitation of resources, it's more a matter of bureaucratic, inhumane decisions," said Brunet in an interview with CJAD 800 News.
The doctors mention in the lawsuit they have been working at the Royal Victoria Hospital anywhere between 35-40 years.
The lawsuit is asking for $200,000 in damages. La Presse says the two sides are in discussion for an amicable settlement.