Dr. Melhoff diagnosed me in an instant: "you have Post Traumatic Narcolepsy". Just like that

Dr. Keith Lyon Melhoff diagnosed me in an instant: "you have Post Traumatic Narcolepsy".  Just like that.  That was 3 years ago,  its took an other three years to confirm it. I have yet to received any meaningful treatment.  If I was diagnosed a the time of my accident, I could have received stem cell therapy or hormone replacement therapy.  I would not be in the position where I am loosing my ability to walk or use my hands.   Dr. Melhoff alway spoke up against the tyranny in the system at his own personal expense.  I have great admiration for this man.  He was hired by my insurance company for a neurological assessment; a snow job.  I was surprised when an "insurance doctor" sided with me; even though it was rather obvious. He ordered a new MRI for me of my spine; the first one was botched at the local hospital.  Not something you want when you have spinal compression.  I asked for a support for my head in the MRI as my head was bobbing around wildly for the 15 minute exposure.  The results were useless; oh well.   When we were done the assessment, the Vice President of the Ontario Neurological Association knelt down and tied my shoes.  What more can you say to describe the kindness and compassion of this man?  He was one of the few doctors that had the courage and decency to report the truth on my file.  Dr. Melhoff spoke up against the College back in 2003 on the occasion of one of his personal friends and colleagues who ended up in the Welland Canal after being pressure by the College.  Allegedly his books were not up to date and he was fine. A doctor would not kill himself for that amount of money.  It is obvious they are ruled by an iron fist by someone at the College; someone in the Discipline Dept.  I hope you find peace and happiness in your retirement; you are a great man.

Ed Dzenis

There are an endless amount of these stories, it sounds like something you would hear from North Korea; not Canada.  These stories get buried on the back page and forgotten quickly by a nation on pills, sugar, and fluoridate water. They have taken control of the medical community and now they control the whole show. It will take a miracle to dethrone these ghouls from hell; I can feel one coming. 


'I am personally ashamed to be a doctor in Ontario' said Dr. Keith Meloff. “I’m ashamed for the behaviour of my licencing body.” 

By ALLAN BENNER, Tribune Staff

Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 09:00

Local News - WELLAND - The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons and the
Ontario government need to be “held accountable” for their system of auditing
physicians – a system that tormented the last few years of Dr. Anthony Hsu’s
life.

“I’m personally ashamed to be a doctor in Ontario and you can quote me on that,”
said Dr. Keith Meloff. “I’m ashamed for the behaviour of my licencing body.”


Dr. Hsu, who drowned in Lake Ontario last week, was ordered to pay back more
than $108,000 because his paperwork wasn’t completed to the satisfaction of
auditors from OHIP’s medical review committee (MRC). He spent the last few years
of his life in fear that he could again be audited and that he would be perceived
as unscrupulous by the community he cared for.

“I think his death was unnecessary, it was a tragedy . . .” said Meloff, an
outspoken Timmins-based neurologist who has been an opponent of the MRC since
he was personally audited and ordered to repay about $20,000.

Meloff said the MRC seems indifferent to the concerns of physicians.

Doctors from across the province are planning to travel by bus to Welland for
Dr. Hsu’s funeral Wednesday.

“There’s a tremendous disconnect between what the MRC is doing and what is really
going on at the front line of patient care. The medical review committee is
either ignorant or blind or deaf or dumb to the realities of what really goes
on at the front line of patient care,” Meloff said.

“This man’s (Hsu’s) work if anything should have been upgraded, not downgraded.
They don’t get it at all and it’s reprehensible, it’s immoral, and I’m speechless
about how callous and pitiless these people are.”

The loss of Dr. Hsu hit Meloff personally as well.

“We go back some 25-plus years. Dr. Hsu is someone I’ve known and respected
for decades now,” he said.

Since learning about Dr. Hsu’s death, Dr. Farouk Dindar, founder of Ontario
Doctors for Fair Audits, reviewed the details of the pediatrician’s audit.

“We’ve had complaints about this audit process at multiple levels, but in his
case he was a victim of all of the bad things that we know of,” the Toronto-based
neurologist said.

Various physicians have complained about different aspects of the audits. One
complaint is in relation to the practice of extrapolating charges. Another complaint
is about using outdated billing codes.

“An analysis of his audit exposes everything that’s wrong.”

“What is particularly maddening in the case of Dr. Hsu, is that his work and
his dedication is unquestioned and if anything he submitted fees that were too
low, not too high,” Meloff added.

The college has the power to upgrade a physician’s billing, but “God forbid
that anyone would have the sense or intelligence or even feel an obligation
to point out that perhaps Dr. Hsu ought to have charged more.”

Dindar said a cardiologist from Peterborough is planning to charter a bus to
carry colleagues to Welland for Dr. Hsu’s funeral being held Wednesday at 3
p.m. at Faith Tabernacle.

“He felt very strongly about this on principle,” Dindar said. “I don’t know
how many people are going to come, but he has left a message that he’s chartering
a bus.”

Dindar is expecting a lot of people at the funeral – besides the thousands of
friends and relatives the pediatrician has locally.

“Overall a lot of people are encouraging doctors to go and a lot of doctors
are making a very conscious decision to come,” he said. “I think it’ll be a
very big turnout.”

Welland family physician, Dr. John O’Donnell knew the pressure Dr. Hsu faced.


He had personally been audited by the same system and ordered to repay about
$25,000.

“It’s a denial of due process. It’s a denial of natural justice and it’s wrong,
the way it’s been done. It should be replaced by an independent tribunal which
follows legal procedure,” he said. That would give the person being audited
a “chance for due process and a chance to defend themselves and to have someone
impartial hear what they’re saying.”