Christopher Pinto – Physician

Dr. Pinto seems to be one of those few doctors out there who still cares about his patients! I called at 5:30PM needing to see a Dr tonight and he agreed to see me even though I wasn’t a patient and they closed at 6. He stayed open late and took the time to go over all my symptoms before writing me a prescription. His reception staff and nurse were very kind and helpful, they even offered to email me with my test results. I would definitely have Dr. Pinto as my regular doctor if I lived in Ontario.

Dr Pinto is a horrible and negligent doctor. His staff is rude and unprofessional. This doctor doesnt think it necessary to wear gloves while drawing blood from patients. He drew blood with his bare hands.
His staff of receptionists would probably not get a job anywhere else and this doctor is actually complicit with them in harassing patients. Why is this guy still allowed to practice is a mystery

I didn’t have a family doctor, so when I walked into Dr. Pinto’s office and found he was accepting new patients, I was totally thrilled. I could even walk to his office (which, by the way, has moved since this listing).
Warning bells should have gone off when I noticed how full his waiting room was. Every time I ever went there, I had to wait at least 45 minutes and rarely did I ever get more than 5 minutes with him.
He was my family Dr. for my first pregnancy, and he told me women who had homebirths were crazy and of course I would want an epidural because I am an anxious person (I don’t know what made him think that as I have never been clinically diagnosed with anxiety issues). I went on to have a home birth (which I never told him about, since he was very anti-​home birth and anti-​midwife).
The last straw for me was when I booked a physical with him, but was really sick. I showed up in the hopes he could treat me instead of doing the physical. He said, «Oh, I guess you’re too sick for the physical,» and sent me home (after asking if I could get home on my own). I had to go to a walk-​in clinic later on, where they diagnosed me with bronchitis and asthma (which I have had on and off since childhood). They were totally shocked this Dr. didn’t check me out or prescribe medication for me when I was so sick.