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Hospital seeks order compelling patient to move
Summary
In a High Court hearing on 10 December 2015, a male patient who has been in a hospital treatment programme for several months refused to leave the facility. The hospital applied for an injunction to compel the patient to move to another hospital. Mr Justice Paul Gilligan granted the hospital lawyers permission to serve short‑notice injunction proceedings on the patient, but the application was made ex‑parte. The judge also ordered that neither the patient nor the hospital be named in media reports. He said the court would review the order when the matter returned on Monday with the patient or his legal representatives present. The hospital's counsel, Simon Mills Bl, argued that the patient had not honoured a prior contract that required him to leave after completing his treatment programme, and that the patient's refusal to move had caused a backlog of patients awaiting beds. The Gardai were called but the patient remained in the hospital.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Hospital seeks order compelling patient to move. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- 2015-12-10 Publication
Places mentioned
- High Court
- The hospital
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