DOHA: A higher court has asked a government department to reimburse $225,000 to an employee who spent the sum on liver transplant.
The employee served the department for 17 years and his job contract made it legally binding on his employers to pay for his medical expenses.
The employee told the court that the department wasn’t paying him his end-of-service benefits as well. The court asked the defendants to pay that sum as well.
The plaintiff, who had a liver transplant in China, first went to a lower court which rejected his plea on the ground that his paperwork was incomplete and he didn’t have sufficient documents to back his claim for reimbursement of medical expenses.
According to local Arabic daily Al Watan, the man then went to a Court of Appeals which not only admitted his plea but ruled in his favor.
In another case, an African maid who inadvertently gave wash to a seven-month-old girl with hot water, causing her burn injuries, has been sentenced to three months in jail by a criminal court. The child was left at home in her care by her parents who went out for some work.
They were shocked to see their small daughter with burn spots on skin in some places in his body when they came back home. They reported the matter to the police and charges of ignorance were filed by the Prosecution against the maid after questioning and the matter was referred to court.The Peninsula
