In a case dating back to 2003, the Caribbean Court of Justice yesterday dismissed a claim for damages by Dr Rama Sahadeo against the Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) over his removal from the Medical Register subsequent to allegations made against him.
The CCJ overruled a Guyana Court of Appeal edict in relation to damages but left intact its setting aside of an order of the High Court that the MCG should hold a hearing to determine sexual complaints against the doctor.
A summary of the court’s judgment said that Dr Sahadeo left Guyana on June 3, 1997 for Miami for medical treatment and only returned on June 29, 2000. After he left Guyana, the MCG received serious allegations of sexual misconduct concerning two of the doctor’s patients in 1977 and thereafter sent registered letters to the doctor at his Guyanese address.