MRS. ELIZABETH BRUCE vs. KORLE-BU TEACHING HOSPITAL [2017]DLHC3926

Date	2017-02-01
Suit No.	SUIT NO: HRCM/263/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC3926

JUSTICE GIFTY AGYEI ADDO HIGH COURT JUDGE

PRISCILLA AKEAMPONG HOLDING THE BRIEF OF GODFRED YEBOAH DAME

ESQ FOR THE APPLICANT.

KIN HUSSEIN ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT. JA

[2017]DLHC3926
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS. ELIZABETH BRUCE<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KORLE-BU TEACHING
HOSPITAL<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT (HUMAN RIGHTS
DIVISION 1), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO: HRCM/263/2015&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1ST FEBRUARY, 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>PRISCILLA AKEAMPONG, HOLDING THE BRIEF OF GODFRED YEBOAH DAME ESQ,
FOR THE APPLICANT. <o:p></o:p>KIN HUSSEIN ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT. JA <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE GIFTY
AGYEI ADDO, HIGH COURT JUDGE<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, per her main relief <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
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seeks A Declaration that the decision
of the Board of the Respondent dated 29th January, 2015,
interdicting the Applicant and punishing her with payment of half of her salary
as well as the withholding of all allowances, is manifestly unlawful and in
violation of the Applicant’s Fundamental Human Rights under the Constitution of
the Republic of Ghana, 1992. By reliefs (ii) (iii) and (iv), which are
consequential reliefs flowing out of the Applicant’s relief (i), the Applicant
prays as follows: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:
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An order of certiorari to bring
in the decision of the Board of the Respondent complained of in (i) above and
quash same as being in violation of due process and the relevant laws for the
Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospitals in the Republic of Ghana. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:
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An Order of prohibition
directed at the Board of the Respondent forbidding it from instituting
disciplinary measures against the Applicant on the strength of the unlawful
letter of interdiction dated 29th January, 2015, served on the
Applicant herein: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:
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An order of mandamus compelling
the Board of the Respondent to allow the Applicant to resume normal duties as
Director of Pharmacy of the Respondent: There are yet other reliefs (v), (vi),
(vii), (viii) and (ix) which are as follows: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:
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A declaration that the
purported forensic audit conducted by A. D. &amp; Associates into the
operations of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Pharmacy is in contravention of
the relevant laws governing the audit of accounts of the Ghana Health Service
and Teaching Hospitals in Ghana. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:
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