The applicant wants CCTV cameras in the hospital's exam room dismantled

A Ghanaian citizen, Gifty Amoakowaa, has taken legal action against Peace and Love Hospital for what she describes as a 'violation of her right to privacy and confidentiality,' after the hospital allegedly installed CCTV cameras in its consulting and examination rooms during a physical breast examination.

A copy of her suit, numbered HR/0103/2025 and filed on May 13, 2025, at the Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court, was sighted by GhanaWeb.

In the suit, she is seeking six reliefs as part of her application for the enforcement of fundamental human rights.

In Gifty Amoakowaa’s suit, she argued that her fundamental human rights to privacy and dignity were violated by the facility when she visited for a breast examination, during which she discovered that the consulting and examination rooms were equipped with CCTV cameras.

She is therefore seeking a declaration from the Accra High Court that the hospital breached Articles 15 and 18(2) of the Constitution.

“A declaration that the Respondent's installation of a CCTV camera in its consulting and examination room for the purposes of physical breast examination constitutes a breach of Applicant's fundamental human right to privacy and human dignity guaranteed under Articles 15 and 18(2) of the 1992 Constitution,” portions of the suit reads.

Additionally, the applicant is seeking a court order directing the hospital to dismantle and remove all CCTV cameras installed in the consulting and examination rooms of all health facilities under its management.

“An order directed at the Respondent to forthwith dismantle and remove all CCTV installations located within the consulting rooms and examination rooms of all health facilities under its control and management, as such installations constitute an unjustifiable interference with the fundamental rights to privacy and human dignity guaranteed under Articles 15 and 18(2) of the 1992 Constitution.”

Gifty is also praying the court for an award of costs in her favor.

Read all her reliefs below:

APPLICATION FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 15, 18(2), AND 33 OF THE 1992 CONSTITUTION AND ORDER 67 OF C.I. 47

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court shall be moved on the day of May, 2025 at 9:00 O'clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as Counsel for the Applicant may be heard on an application for the enforcement of fundamental human rights for the following reliefs:

a. A declaration that the Respondent's installation of a CCTV camera in its consulting and examination room for the purposes of physical breast examination constitutes a breach of Applicant's fundamental human right to privacy and human dignity guaranteed under Articles 15 and 18(2) of the 1992 Constitution

b. A declaration that the Respondent's installation of a CCTV camera in its consulting and examination room, wherein physical breast examinations are conducted, constitutes a violation of the Applicant's right to privacy and confidentiality inherent in the doctor-patient relationship, as guaranteed by the Patient's Charter under Section 167 and Sixth Schedule of Public Health Act, 2012 (Act 851)

c. An order directed at the Respondent to forthwith dismantle and remove all CCTV installations located within the consulting rooms and examination rooms of all health facilities under its control and management, as such installations constitute an unjustifiable interference with the fundamental rights to privacy and human dignity guaranteed under Articles 15 and 18(2) of the 1992 Constitution

d. An order directed at the Respondent to formally undertake in a written notice by its Management and addressed to the Applicant, to delete and not to store, publish, transmit or disseminate any footage relating to the Applicant or part thereof

e. An order for general damages for the psychological trauma, emotional distress, and continuous apprehension suffered by the Applicant as a result of the said breach

f. An order for costs

UPON the grounds stated in the accompanying affidavit and for any further orders this Honourable Court may deem fit.

Find copies of the suit below:

MAG/MA

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