MATER DEI Hospital is suing a Bulawayo man for more than
$10 000 for medical expenses incurred by his late relative during his admission
at the hospital.
The debt emanates from medical services and drugs supplied
to Mr Khairunnisa Abass by Mater Dei Hospital between January and March this
year.
In papers before the Bulawayo High Court, Mater Dei
Hospital cited the Estate of the late Mr Abass, the guarantor Mr Yasin Mullaji
and the Assistant Master of the High Court as defendants.
Mr Mullaji was cited as the second defendant by virtue of
binding himself as a surety for the medical bills.
The late Mr Abass was admitted to the Roman Catholic-run
hospital after he was diagnosed with an ailment which was not mentioned in the
court papers.
According to court papers, the hospital is owed $10 359 for
services rendered and drugs supplied to the late patient.
Mater Dei Hospital through its lawyers, Coghlan and Welsh
Legal Practitioners said that despite having been given terms and time to pay, the
defendants failed to settle the bill.
According to the hospital’s terms and conditions which were
agreed upon between Mr Mullaji and the hospital, the money for the late Mr
Abass’ treatment was to be payable upon presentation of the account by the hospital.
Lawyers also stated that in the event that the hospital
instituted legal proceedings against the defendants for the recovery of the
amount due, or any balance thereof, Mullaji undertook to pay the legal costs on
attorney-client scale.
Mater Dei Hospital is claiming the money with an interest
calculated from August 3 this year to the date of final payment and the cost of
suit at attorney-client scale.
The defendants have not yet responded to the summons.
Chronicle
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