COUNTY HOSPITAL AND DR. YEBOAH V. MARY AFRIFA YEBOAH

JUDGMENT

POKU-ACHEAMPONG, J.A.:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the ruling of a Kumasi High Court dated 11th March 2021.

The substantive action is a claim for professional negligence against the Defendants/Appellants, a medical facility in Kumasi, by the Plaintiff who went through a caesarean section procedure at the facility and experienced health complications.

For reasons of convenience the parties shall retain their original designations in this judgment. Thus the Plaintiff/Respondent shall be referred to as the Plaintiff and the Defendants/Appellants as the Defendants.

The Plaintiff issued her writ of summons and statement of claim on 26/5/20 claiming:

(a) An amount of Ten Million Cedis (¢10,000,000.00) as compensation for professional negligence.

(b) General damages.

(c) Cost occasioned by the action including legal fees.

(d) Any other reliefs as this Honourable Court may deem fit.

In response to this the Defendants on 1/6/20 filed a Motion on Notice and a supporting affidavit prayi…