Dr Sampa drags HPCZ to court for suspending his practicing certificate

RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Brian Sampa has dragged the Health Professions Council of Zambia to court over its decision to suspend his practising certificate. Dr Sampa who has applied for leave to commence judicial review in the Lusaka High Court, is seeking a declaration that the purported decision of HPCZ to suspend his Practising Certificate is illegal, irrational, and procedurally improper. He is further seeking, among other reliefs, a declaration that the purported decision of HPCZ in the absence of the Health Professions Council is illegal, irrational, and procedurally improper; and further an order of certiorari quashing the said decision. According to a notice of application for leave to apply for judicial review filed in the…...