A Human Rights Court has ordered the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to reinstate the sacked Director of the Pharmacy, Elizabeth Bruce.
[contextly_sidebar id=”hmX5agUoam44AkLxWR9okqX5La9b0qXS”]The decision of the court follows the dismissal of Mrs. Bruce by authorities of the hospital.
The hospital last month announced the dismissal of Elizabeth Bruce and four others after a forensic audit found them culpable of misappropriating over GHC900, 000.
Lawyers of Elizabeth Bruce subsequently dragged the management of the hospital to the Human Rights Court for contempt after she was sacked.
She claims her dismissal was unlawful because the Human Rights Court was yet to determine a pending suit she had filed against the hospital after she was interdicted in a forensic audit report.
Elizabeth Bruce’s statement of claim
That just before the action will be set down for hearing in accordance with rule 67 of the High Court rule CI 47, I heard that a copy of a letter purporting to dismiss me as Director of Pharmacy of the hospital was being read on Radio Gold; an Accra based radio station.
That subsequently, I discovered that a press statement by the board and management of the hospital of whom the first and second respondent as respective heads dated 17th June, 2015 released to all press houses had purported to dismiss me following the forensic audit exercise and the administrative enquiry’s committee’s proceedings.
That is it not worthy that a validity of the basis for my purported dismissal was the very subject matter of the action which is currently pending before this honourable court.
That I am further advised by Counsel and verily believe same to be true that the act of the respondents in dismissing me while the substantive suit seeking to question the validity of every aspect of the purported disciplinary measures being by the third respondent was pending, was intended to frustrate me from a pursuit of the action, and also to prejudice the hearing and fair determination of the suit.
That I am advised by Counsel to and verily believe same to be true that the conduct of the respondent was willful and clearly intended to subvert or overreach any judgment to be rendered by this honourable court and same was out of disrespect for the court’s authority in this suit.
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By: Fred Djabanor/citifmonline.com/Ghana