Councillor Doug Ford said Wednesday that his brother’s rehab doctors have a prescription for the media: “Stop.”

The councillor’s comments came a day after Mayor Rob Ford gave an exclusive interview to the Toronto Sun’s Joe Warmington saying that his rehab treatment for alcohol addiction has been “amazing.”

Both the mayor and his brother have refused to reveal the location of the rehab but Councillor Ford said Wednesday that the mayor is “nowhere close to the GTA.”

“You guys got to slow down,” Doug Ford told reporters at City Hall. “You’re putting all the other patients in jeopardy, the doctor called me, they asked, ‘Please tell the media to stop.’

“This is not about just Rob, this is about all the other patients. You can’t put their (recovery) at stake here.”

Ford said the potential media coverage is forcing them to keep the location a secret.

“You guys would be swinging off the trees up wherever,” he said.

He added the mayor is residing in the treatment centre.

“There is no out-patient, he is in there,” Ford said.

It is possible for the mayor to be allowed to keep calling constituents back from rehab, Councillor Ford maintained.

“He has private time when he can make calls,” Ford said. “That’s what Rob likes doing, talking to people.”

City officials confirmed Wednesday the mayor hasn’t provided proof he is in rehab but he is not required to do so.

“There is no requirement for a doctor’s note for an absence by a member of council,” said city spokesman Wynna Brown. “He was required to provide written notice that he is taking a leave of absence, which he has done.”

She said council could ask for proof before excusing Ford’s absence from the council meeting but “there is no requirement for the Mayor to provide it.”

Councillor John Filion said he doesn’t need proof Ford is in rehab.

“Right now, I think we should leave him alone and just hope that he’s getting the treatment he needs,” Filion said. “He’s not here and that’s all we really need to know at this point.”

The council meeting without the mayor has been a “little bit calmer,” he said.

“The mayor is always this kind of obstinate, aggressive, somewhat angry force in the room and sets other people off,” Filion said. “With that not going on the meeting is moving along pretty quickly.

“There hasn’t been yelling and screaming and bad behaviour.”