Suporters of suspended doctor rally at Quebec College of Physicians office

About 30 children, parents and grandparents rallied outside the Quebec College of Physicians office on Tuesday morning to protest against their decision to suspend a popular gynecologist.

The Gazette reports that The College suspended Doctor Gilles Mercier, a seventy-one year-old obstetrician-gynecologist, for a period of two months as of July 17 because he failed to complete his paperwork in a timely manner.

Many of the protestors agreed that his behavior should be punished, but that his patients were penalized in the process.

Mercier has been practicing medicine for forty-two years, and most of his patients come to him from generation to generation.

Most of the protesters and patients had nothing but good words about him, his dedication and his bedside manners.

A Facebook group dedicated to raising awareness about Mercier’s situation was created, and on Tuesday, the group had gone from fifty members to six hundred and ten.

Taedra Harris, one administrator of the group, said that the numbers indicate just how many lives Mercier has touched.