ABU DHABI // The Appeals Court yesterday rejected a doctor’s demand of Dh200 million compensation from Seha for sacking her.
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company had also barred the woman GP from ever again working at any Government-run hospital in the emirate.
The court said the doctor had no right to make an appeal because the case had been rejected by the Court of First Instance on “grounds of not following the legal path”.
It also said that Seha employees are covered under private sector laws and, therefore, fall under labour regulations, so they should first approach the Labour Department.
The court heard how the doctor took the case for damages because she lost her job and had spent Dh3m on her studies overseas to obtain her degree.
She also alleged that she was not given any reason for her dismissal.
The woman started working at the hospital 11 years ago after returning from abroad.
She was told that an investigation was being taken against her but Seha did not reveal anything else, it was alleged in court.
But she had claimed she was then dismissed of her all duties there and in all Government hospitals of the emirate.
The woman’s name or the name of the hospital cannot be revealed for legal reasons and it was not clear in records when the dismissal took place.
Seha operates 12 hospitals in the UAE.
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