SickKids doctor kept license for 6 months after illicit video probe began, CBC News learns

It began with a tip to police. Suspected child sexual abuse material uploaded to this pediatrician's Dropbox account. A police investigation was launched in January, but his medical license was not suspended until July. This expert says the six-month gap is too long. I don't think in every instance we need to suspend a medical license while investigating a crime. But I do think when it comes down to sex and gender-based violence crimes that involve children, voyeurism I think there are certain cases where we have to overreact. Dr. Shannon Ruzicki who has researched physician misconduct believes with cases like these licenses should be suspended right away. He still could have provided treatment outside of the hospital system. We don't know that he did. But I think as members of the public, we deserve to know. According to court filings obtained by CBC News, Dr. Dulan Dasanayaka allegedly uploaded an illicit video involving a young girl to a Dropbox account, which was traced to a sick kid's IP address. He's now facing CSAM charges for possessing and accessing child sexual abuse material. This expert says that while everyone deserves due process, children's safety needs to be a consideration. It might be different the way something is handled when you've got somebody who's accused, for example, of fraud versus a CSAM charge. When you're talking about a profession that has access to children directly. Toronto police say at this time there is no evidence the charges are connected to the doctor's medical practice. Neither Dasanayaka nor the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario answered CBC's questions about whether he practiced medicine in any context after the investigation began. reached out to CBC News Toronto.