A Toronto trauma surgeon arguing for stricter gun control is being targeted by a national firearm lobby that has flooded Ontario’s physicians’ regulator with dozens of complaints about her.Dr. Najma Ahmed, who was on call at St. Michael’s Hospital following the Danforth mass shooting, is co-chair of an advocacy group called Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns. The group of doctors came together in February to argue that guns are a public health issue, and to push for the passage of Bill C-71, a bill to reform Canada’s gun laws. The lobby group the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights last month posted a “call to action” urging members to flood the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario with complaints against Ahmed, even if they have never been her patient. The post provides a step-by-step guide on how to do this, complete with a link to the complaint form.“I hate to say it, but stay in your lane, Doctor,” the post reads. Since then, the College has received about 70 complaints, spokesperson Shae Greenfield said, adding this kind of complaint is very unusual. Throughout her career, Ahmed said she has seen gunshot wounds kill many mostly young and healthy people. Guns are “highly violent instruments that are intended to kill and maim animals and people,” she told the Star, adding she has seen the damage bullets can cause to the human body. “They act like small metal missiles, and they tear apart the organs and tissues and blood vessels and they do enormous harm.”Ahmed said she finds the gun group’s tactics “a little underhanded and disappointing.”She said she was at first taken aback by the campaign, but has been elated by the response from her colleagues. “I await a final decision by the CPSO, and of course will respect the process that they have undertaken,” she said.Read more: St. Mike’s trauma surgeon relives night of the Danforth shooting ...
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