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Former patients of Dr. Norman Barwin and some of the children conceived using the fertility doctor’s sperm will give testimony at an extraordinary College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario disciplinary hearing on Tuesday.

Barwin is accused of medical incompetence for failing to ensure the correct sperm was used in his artificial insemination practice and for using his own sperm to inseminate patients without their permission.

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This is the third time the disgraced fertility doctor has come under the college’s scrutiny for his practices, something that has been the focus of criticism by former patients and others. Some of the children of his former patients, who have spoken publicly about their quests to discover their biological fathers, will be in Toronto for Tuesday’s hearing.

Critics say the college, which regulates physicians in the province, failed to take serious action against 79-year-old Barwin when complaints were made about his practice decades ago.