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The Registrar of the Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC), Dr. Michael Kyeremateng, has filed a defamation lawsuit at the Accra High Court against the General Secretary of the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (GHAFTRAM), Alfred Kojo Obiri.
Dr. Kyeremateng has also sued the immediate past Board Chairman of the TMPC, Mr. Williams K. Odum, and the President of the Ghana Alternative Medical Practitioners Association, Albert Arthur.
In the writ of summons, the plaintiff, who is the founder of C4C Homeopathic Hospital, averred that he was appointed the Registrar of the TMPC based on his qualifications and experience in the field of medical homeopathy.
However, the defendants, in their official capacities, have taken a series of actions aimed at publicly undermining his reputation, his office as Registrar, and his personal qualifications.
According to him, these utterances were naturally and ordinarily understood by right-thinking members of society to mean that the plaintiff is a fake medical homeopath who used dubious means to attain his professional position.
“Again, right-thinking members of society would naturally and ordinarily understand the utterances to mean that within the medical community, the plaintiff is not qualified to practice as a medical homeopath and should not be seen carrying himself as such,” the suit read in part.
Dr. Kyeremateng lamented that as a result of the defendants’ actions, his reputation has been seriously damaged. His previously esteemed personality within both the international and medical communities has been denigrated, causing him emotional distress, anxiety, and embarrassment.
The alleged defamatory acts, he claims, have significantly reduced his once-envied reputation into dishonor, contempt, and reproach.
He is therefore seeking a court order directing the defendants to publish, on three consecutive occasions and on the same platforms where the defamatory statements were made, an unqualified retraction and apology with the same level of prominence.
Dr. Kyeremateng is also praying the court for a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their agents, assigns, and servants from further publishing defamatory statements.
Furthermore, he seeks damages of GH₵3,000,000 as well as other costs, including legal fees and any additional orders the court may deem fit.
