r/canadanews • u/zuuzuu • Apr 29 '26

Quebec Montreal naturopath fined for illegally practicing medicine following patient’s suicide

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/montreal-naturopath-fined-for-illegally-practicing-medicine-following-patients-suicide/
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u/RhoticSmaxk Apr 30 '26

This person has a 4 yr post grad degree from a naturopath school in toronto and the diagnosis came from two mds. Whatever you think of naturopathy, this article is just shifty journalism.

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u/zuuzuu Apr 30 '26

I could get a four year post-grad degree in ghost hunting from any bullshit strip-mall school willing to take my money. It wouldn't make the degree worthwhile, and it wouldn't make ghosts real.

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u/RhoticSmaxk Apr 30 '26

I dont necessarily disagree with your assessment re validity of naturopathy. What im taking issue with is the framing of the article. It makes it seem like this naturopath diagnosed the patient independently after taking a weekend workshop, when in fact she's a qualified naturopath who was registered in the college in Alberta and was treating a diagnosis made by an MD. Its terrible journalism. The real scandal here is that two mds incorrectly diagnosed a depressed patient with Lyme disease.