Laloki Psychiatric Hospital

Justice Panuel Mogish instructed state counsel from the Public Prospector’s office to produce the doctor’s details to the court on Friday.

Specific directions will be given by the court to the doctor to appear on Monday and inform the court on treatment progress and the status of six psychiatric detainees at Bomana Correctional Institute.

The detainees; Epa Hawaya, Ishmael Binimo, William Soni, Mata Seke, Kenny Wombun and Oxy Mark were supposed to be brought to Laloki for treatment however they has not been done.

All these detainees were transferred from various towns in the country to get treatment at the Laloki Psychiatric Hospital.

The court today ordered the CS Commissioner to repatriate eight of the detainees on or before November 30.

Failure to repatriate one of the detainees listed for repatriation will result in the Commissioner being charged with contempt of court.

Justice Panuel Mogish issued the orders after the Correctional Service officers at the institute updated his court of the detainees' records of time served and treatment progress of each patient.