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Doctor’s suit against Seha sacking dismissed
The doctor in her plea demanded that the Seha pay her Dh200 million as compensation for the mental and material damages she suffered .
The Abu Dhabi Appeals Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by a woman physician, who claimed her employment was “arbitrarily terminated” by a hospital affiliated to the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha).
The doctor in her plea demanded that the Seha pay her Dh200 million as compensation for the mental and material damages she suffered due to her termination. She claimed that she failed to find a job at any government hospital belonging to the Abu Dhabi government because of the termination of her services.
The Court of First Instance earlier rejected her case on the grounds that the procedure she followed in filing the lawsuit was contrary to the established procedure. The court clarified that the litigation must be first filed before the competent body in charge of the workplace before it is taken to the court.
The court opined that the Seha is a public entity and not a government institution, and all its employees are subject to the labour law. In case of an employee dispute, the court said the complainant must first approach the Ministry of Labour before moving the court.
According to court records, the complainant said that she studied medicine from abroad and it cost her Dh3 million. When she returned to the UAE 11 years ago, she joined the Seha as a general practitioner.
During her tenure, she said she carried out her duties well. Due to some “developments” in her section, her employer asked her not to come for work and asked her to hand in her identity cards.
She said she was not given a specific reason and was advised to wait for an investigation that would be conducted soon. Even as she was waiting for the investigation, she was dismissed without a reason being specified.
This arbitrary termination, she said, resulted in her bank reporting her to the police because she failed to meet her financial obligations, and she was evicted from her apartment.
After her bank gave her security cheques to the police, she was detained until she got a bail, she said.
She demanded that the Seha pay her Dh200 million in compensation for the financial, moral and psychological damages she incurred.
After her case was dismissed by the Court of First Instance, she moved the higher court, which upheld the lower court’s ruling.
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