CHARLES OFEI-PALM vs. KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER [2017]DLHC3914

Date	2017-04-03
Suit No.	SUIT NO. HR/0049/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3914

JUSTICE GIFTY AGYEI ADDO HIGH COURT JUDGE

EDWARD SAM CRABBE ESQ. (WITH HIM NASH ADJEI) FOR THE APPLICANT.

KIN HUSSEIN ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

[2017]DLHC3914
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHARLES OFEI-PALM<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KORLE-BU TEACHING
HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (HUMAN RIGHTS
DIVISION 1), ACCRA<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO. HR/0049/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3RD APRIL, 2017<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>EDWARD SAM CRABBE ESQ. (WITH HIM NASH ADJEI) FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;KIN HUSSEIN ESQ. FOR THE
RESPONDENTS. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The Applicant
filed an originating action premised on Article 33 of the Constitution of the
Republic of Ghana, 1992, for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(i).&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of certiorari to quash
the decision of the Respondents for wrongfully interdicting Applicant by virtue
of a letter of interdiction dated 24th March, 2016. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(ii).A
declaration that the decision to interdict Applicant without following properly
laid down procedure in both Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Disciplinary Code and
the Ghana Health Service Disciplinary Code is illegal, unlawful, null, void and
no legal effect. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(iii).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the decision
to interdict Applicant without offering him the opportunity to be heard
violates the hallowed principle of natural justice and same renders the said
decision contained in the letter of interdiction dated 24th March a
nullity. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(iv).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order directed at 1st and
2nd Respondents to compensate Applicant with a reasonable sum of
money for unlawful interdiction contained in a letter of interdiction dated 24th
March, 2016. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(v). Damages for unlawful interdiction, embarrassment and public
ridicule that visited Applicant by virtue of the unlawful interdiction. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">(vi).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any other order(s) as this
honorable Court may deem fit in accordance with the enforcement of fundamental
human rights of the Applicant. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>