A
Lagos high court has ordered Imperial medical Centre to pay the sum of N7
million (Naira) as damages to Mrs. Georgina Ahamefule, an auxiliary nurse who
was sacked from the hospital because of her HIV positive status.
In
her judgement, Justice Yetunde Idowu held that the nurse was wrongfully
dismissed because of her HIV status. She said the sum of five million Naira
should be paid as damages for wrongful dismissal.She also ordered the hospital
and its medical director, Dr. Alex Molokwu to pay Ahamefule the sum of two
million Naira as severance package.
The
judgement is coming 12 years after Ahamefule decided to seek redress in court
through a non governmental organization- Social and Economic Rights Rights
Action Centre (SERAC).
Credit: Kanyinulia
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