The results of 3,500 CT scans and mammograms conducted in the Toronto area are being reviewed by Trillium Health Partners after a "performance issue" was found with a radiologist.
The review covers work done between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013 at the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre in Toronto.
'I have been assured that affected patients are being properly informed and that their cases are being reviewed as quickly as possible so that follow-up care can be provided.'— Deb Matthews
All of the patients involved have all been notified by letter. A total of 189 people had multiple scans, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.
The radiologist is Dr. Ivo Slezic, CBC News has confirmed.
The spokeswoman said the radiologist had worked at the Trillium hospitals for 33 years and his "privileges" to provide diagnostic imaging were restricted as of April 1, 2013. The hospital notified the province's College of Physicians and Surgeons about the restriction on June 6, according to the college's online physician database.
Trillium Health has launched an external review team, led by Dr. Brian Yemen, chief of diagnostic imaging, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre and McMaster University Medical Centre at Hamilton Health Sciences.
Yemen said today that the review will be done "quickly and properly" in about six weeks. As many as 17 radiologists on the review team will start with the most recent cases where there's probably the biggest potential impact on patient care, he said.
They will base their work on a U.S. radiology college's acceptable error rate of about two per cent, because an error rate higher than that raises flags, Yemen said in an interview.
"Ontarians quite rightly expect the highest standard of care from their hospitals, and from the physicians and health professionals who work in them," Health Minister Deb Matthews said in a statement.
"Our hospitals take concerns about quality of care very seriously. I have been assured that affected patients are being properly informed and that their cases are being reviewed as quickly as possible so that follow-up care can be provided."
The head of the hospital issued an apology and said the hospital will follow up directly with all patients as soon as their tests have been reviewed.
"We apologize for any concern the news of this review may cause and want our patients and community to know it is being done to ensure the highest quality of care at our hospital," said Michelle DiEmanuele, chief executive of Trillium Health.
Trillium Health is made up of the Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital, and Queensway Health Centre, and serves a population of 1.15 million people.
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