KWANING VICTORIA vs. ATTORNEY GENERAL 2 ORS [2017]DLHC12184

Date	2017-01-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. AC 588/2014
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC12184

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J

EUGENE ONINKU FOR CHARLES TETTEH FOR PLAINTIFF

CECILIA BOATEMA TUFFOUR FOR DEFENDANTS

[2017]DLHC12184
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KWANING VICTORIA<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>ATTORNEY
GENERAL 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT (LAND DIVISION) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT
NO. AC 588/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE: 9TH JANUARY 2017<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

EUGENE ONINKU FOR
CHARLES TETTEH FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>

CECILIA BOATEMA
TUFFOUR FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J<o:p></o:p>

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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On
4th August, 2010 the Plaintiff was referred from Lapaz Community
Clinic to the 3rd Defendant Hospital on account of complications arising when
she went there to be delivered of a baby. At the 3rd Defendant Hospital an emergency caesarian section
was done and the Plaintiff was safely delivered of the baby. In the course of the surgery, the surgical
needle broke and a piece of it remained in the Plaintiff’s body. The Plaintiff was on admission in the Hospital
for about three weeks and discharged.
At home Plaintiff claims she developed severe abdominal pains and had to resort
to purchase of drugs to ease the pain. She also alleges several
other health complications which impeded her ability
to work and cater for herself and her children.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

In May, 2011, ten (10) months
after the surgery
she had to be rushed
to the Defendant Hospital after the pains worsened. There Dr. Asumah (D.W.2) had a scan run to
ascertain the course of the severity of the pain. The scan revealed a metallic foreign body, a piece of the surgical
needle in the Plaintiff’s lower abdomen. Another
surgery has done to remove the needle.<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

Alleging negligence on the
part of the 3rd Defendant the Plaintiff sued, claiming: - “1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An amount of One Million
Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,000,000.00) being<o:p></o:p>

damages for professional negligence.<o:p></o:p>

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