11/26/2025
Dr. Sonja Kustka - Resigns Licence After 41 Years for Defending Patient Privacy!
Dr. Sonja Kustka is a courageous family doctor who has been in practice for 41 years. She has been fighting the oppressive overreach of the College of Physicians for the past three and a half years. After a scout leader complained that she gave a young scout a mask exemption, the College started a lengthy investigation into her practice. She says they recently found her guilty of professional misconduct for not complying with their demands for patient records. They also suspended her licence, putting her large roster of roughly 3000 patients at risk, who had no family doctor to fulfill prescriptions, give them important test results, and so much more!
After years of struggle, Dr. Kustka recently made the decision to give up her licence as she has lost faith in the medical system and the way it is governed. Dr. Kustka believes the College of Physicians has not accepted her resignation and will continue the proceedings against her, which will bring additional costs and legal trouble to Dr. Kustka.
This started several years ago, when Dr. Kustka had a complaint reported to the College of Physicians and Surgeons by a Girl Scout leader for writing a mask exemption for a six-year old girl scout. This led to a larger investigation which required Dr. Kustka to hand over many of her files to the College of Physicians. After alerting her patients to this investigation, they said they did not want their files handed over to the College, which they viewed as a huge breach of privacy.
Dr. Kustka offered to send over the files with names redacted, but containing all other treatment details so they could evaluate her performance and see if she was a "danger" to the public.
The College refused, and there was a lengthy court battle, where the patients actually went to court themselves, at their own cost, to protect their private records. This was to no avail, and the patients were unable to protect their privacy. Now, with the college unwilling to relent, Dr. Kustka sees no other option but to resign.
It's a terrible shame we've lost a great Doctor when we have a doctor shortage, and even more so that this Doctor felt obliged to resign due to lack of confidence in the system.
But even though Dr. Kustka has resigned, the College is still coming after her. Dr. Kustka has incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees and costs, but the proceedings continue. The College may use every power at their disposal, including attempting to find Dr. Kustka in contempt of court, which could lead to jail time. Please help Dr. Kustka defend herself.
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When Dr. Kustka was first asked for any patient records dealing with exemptions for masks, vaccines, or PCR testing, and any ivermectin prescriptions, she immediately offered redacted records removing identifying data like name and OHIP number. The College refused to accept these.
She countered by saying she needed her patients' consent. The College told her she did not need consent. Nonetheless, she let her patients know what was happening, and many immediately responded by saying they did not consent for their records to be released.
According to Dr. Kustka, a group of her patients (nearly 200) got together and challenged the privacy issue in the courts. They were unsuccessful at court, and the current situation is that patients do not have any rights to privacy with respect to the College of Physicians. Dr. Kustka was also found guilty of professional misconduct at the discipline committee for being non-compliant with the College's orders.
When she was suspended, it was without any notice. On Tuesday, June 17th, her lawyer received an email saying she would be suspended for four months effective that very day at midnight.
This threw Dr. Kustka's practice into disarray. They had no time to make arrangements for her patients. They had to cancel all appointments, some of which had critical test results that needed to be communicated to patients. They tried to find a doctor to authorize prescription renewals, and other services. Ultimately, she was left with roughly 3000 patients who had no medical followup.
Dr. Kustka says the College is apparently concerned about the "safety" of the public, in fact that's why they're suspending her, but yet they didn't give her any time to make any arrangements for her patients, which now have their healthcare compromised by being left in the lurch.
There's also the matter of a large waste of resources. At the beginning of her investigation (for a mask exemption) Dr. Kustka says they assigned 30 investigators. What an outrageous waste of tax payer money.
Not only are they wasting tax-payer money, they are putting their tab onto Dr. Kustka, who has to not only pay her own significant legal fees, but also many thousands of dollars to the College of Physicians.
Dr. Kustka tells me her insurance that was supposed to defend her declined to do so. Once she made it clear she could not comply with the College's requests, they said they couldn't help her. Dr. Kustka is looking at a few hundred thousand dollars in legal fees and costs to pay to the College, and even though she has resigned, the College is still proceeding against her. Dr. Kustka could be in serious legal trouble and will need your help to defend herself.
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I have a brand new interview with Dr. Kustka that will be available later this week and it covers her recent resignation, and also the College's continued attempts to investigate her.
Dr. Kustka gave the following as her rationale for resigning: "I was not able to continue in a system that in my opinion doesn't take the welfare of the patients in mind. They say they're here for the public, and yet they suspend me without giving my 3000 patients any chance to find somebody or have any followup. It's been very challenging for me to make the decision to resign because I love my work, and my patients have been incredibly supportive, but I just could not continue under a system that doesn't support health and wellness...but I don't think they're quite done with me, even with my resignation. And my patients are really struggling in finding a doctor."
As saddened as I am to see a good Doctor's career cut short, and her patients in the lurch, I totally understand this decision.
Of course, this is about control. The College will never give up their right to access patient medical files. Obviously, doctors need to be regulated, but there should be some level of reasonable and probable grounds to investigate a doctor to begin with. In Dr. Kustka's case, if this was about patient care, the redacted records had all the medical treatment info in them. If they found any issues, they could have asked for the patient's name at that time. But of course, this started from a COVID related witchhunt, and is not about appropriate medical care, but about whether Dr. Kustka is subservient to the College.
Further, the College didn't stop at the COVID records. They wanted a list of every patient and their reason for seeing Dr. Kustka every two weeks for the last year and a half. Dr. Kustka immediately complied, but only gave patients' initials and age. The College again said she was not complying. It's a frightening situation to think the College can access any medical files for any reason. In a situation like we had during COVID where medical status was used to fire people, deny them benefits, prevent people from eating in restaurants and more, we now know your medical records can be viewed by the College at any time they want to "investigate" someone.
This is a frightening situation. I'm so glad Dr. Kustka is standing up against this corrupt establishment and fighting for our medical freedom. Please help her recoup her costs and defend herself against any proceedings against her.
Thanks so much for your support!
God bless!
