2023-06-21 19:30:00
A “healer and coxswain of fire” from the Laurentians who only offers remote interventions to treat various illnesses was sentenced to $30,000 in fines for the illegal practice of medicine.
Migraines, joint problems, ear infections, anxiety, depression, eczema: Martin Ladouceur offers his “energy medicine” for a myriad of health problems.
Her website describes her practice as an “empirical method practiced by healers forever. The interventions made during the process are of a spiritual nature”.
Only from a distance, he “manages to detect the bioenergetic anomalies that influence the body’s vibrational frequency”, according to his website, which is full of testimonials from satisfied customers, with supporting photos.
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One photo and $75 per week
The College of Physicians of Quebec appointed an investigator in 2021 following a report denouncing the actions of Mr. Ladouceur. The latter personified two fictitious clients, one with dry skin and the other with prostate cancer.
Contacted by email, Mr. Ladouceur offered three weeks of remote intervention at $75 per week for the client with dry skin. He needed a portrait type photo and photos of the affected areas.
“I intervene several times a week, remotely, using photos. There is no specific time of the day or week when the interventions take place. There is no telephone communication (with some exceptions), correspondence and follow-ups are done by email,” replies Mr. Ladouceur about how it works.
For an additional $75, he also offers an interview by videoconference to talk about the “benefits of meditation and its advantages in promoting self-healing”.
For the client suffering from cancer, he offered the same intervention, “emphasizing that he had already intervened for this type of pathology in the past”.
“Medical-scientific dictatorship”
The tribunal concluded that, “during these consultations, [M. Ladouceur] diagnosed illnesses, determined medical treatment and acted in such a way as to lead to the belief that he was authorized to exercise professional activities reserved for members of the College”.
Same conclusion as to the remarks made on his website, despite the presence of a warning that he was not making a diagnosis.
Martin Ladouceur did not appear at the hearing and did not submit any pleas. On his website, however, he denounces the “medical-scientific dictatorship” of the College of Physicians.
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