A B.C. Supreme Court Justice has decided in favour of a psychiatrist who lost his job at the Prince George Youth Forensic Clinic because he refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Among them was Dr. David Morgan, who petitioned the court after he was terminated from his role at the clinic in December 2021, where he assessed and treated youths in the criminal justice system. According to Coval, Morgan deposed to providing “100% of the assessment, management, and treatment of my patients virtually which eliminated any risk of transmission of the virus … When I questioned the basis for , I was informed that … I might be asked to see a patient in-person in the future, despite the fact that I had not done so for an extended period of time, and that it is simply not necessary in my practice.
Coval agreed with the PHO's responses with one "limited exception," and found a lack of justification to support the decision not to consider requests for exemptions for healthcare workers working remotely.