The
National
Association
of
Graduate
Teachers
(NAGRAT)
has
urged
heads
of
senior
high
schools
to
refrain
from
denying
students
permission
to
seek
external
medical
attention.
This
comes
after
Achimota
School
was
found
liable
for
negligence
in
the
death
of
a
student
about
eight
years
ago.
Achimota
School
has
been
ordered
to
pay
GH¢600,000
in
damages
for
negligently
causing
the
death
of
Kervin
Kofi
Moses
in
2016.
In
an
interview
with
Citi
News,
the
President
of
NAGRAT,
Angel
Carbonu,
advised
school
leaders
to
promptly
release
students
who
require
medical
care.
“When
a
student
comes
to
you,
you
are
not
a
medical
professional
and
so
you
cannot
determine
whether
a
student
is
sick
or
not
because
you
don’t
have
competence
in
that
field.
“So
when
a
student
comes
to
you
and
says
that
he
or
she
is
sick,
all
that
you
have
to
do
is
refer
the
student
to
the
appropriate
professionals
who
have
the
competence
to
determine
the
sickness
or
otherwise
of
a
person.
“What
business
does
a
housemaster
or
a
housemistress
have
to
deny
a
student
exeat
to
go
to
the
hospital?”
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