A Toronto-area plastic surgeon has been ordered to pay $21.5 million to thousands of former patients after an Ontario judge found he violated their privacy by recording them with surveillance cameras throughout his clinic.
The clinic owned by Dr. Martin Jugenburg, who also goes by “Dr. 6ix,” had installed 24 cameras in various areas including those where patients would be required to undress.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Schabas found the surveillance “abused [Jugenburg’s] position of trust” between doctor and patient and amounted to a highly offensive invasion of privacy, awarding $5,000 to each patient who attended surgical appointments and $500 to those who attended non-surgical appointments, along with $1 million in punitive damages….