It all started at the optometrist.

Stephen Purdey was at a regular checkup to update his prescription last summer when his optometrist flagged something in his eye. The optometrist thought it was cataracts, but recommended Purdey visit an ophthalmologist to confirm.

So Purdey visited a private clinic in Toronto in March for a consultation after months on the wait-list to see a specialist, and that is where he said he started to feel “vulnerable and susceptible.”

“Because of the combination of wanting to do the best thing for yourself,” said Purdey, who is in his 70s. “Plus not necessarily understanding everything that the doctors are telling you, you really are as a patient vulnerable to suggestions.”

“And that’s what happened to me.”

The ophthalmologist he was referred to, according

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