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LMDA SUSPENDS HEALTH MINISTER FOR "ACT INCOMPARTABLE"
May 18, 2005
Author: J. Cholo Brooks / Liberia
 Liberian Minister of Health, Dr. Peter Coleman has been suspended for time indefinate by the Liberia Dental and Medical Association (LMDA) for his alleged involvement in operation of bogus St. Luke Medical School.
According to a local daily quoting a letter addressed to Dr. Coleman, the LMDA based its findings as it relates to the operation of St. Luke Medical School in Liberia, recommended to the organization's Executive Council, the immediate suspension of the Health Minister from the LMDA will be in full swing pending the outcome of the investogation.
The indefinite suspension comes in the wake of a committee set up to investigate the existance of the school, according to LMDA after a careful review of documents it was discovered among other things that the act empowering the school to operate in Liberia was fraudulent, the school's Board of Directors was also discovered bogus, and that Dr. Coleman heavily participated in the operation of the school through attestation of bogus documents.
Based on these foindings, the LMDA suspension letter indicates, "Due to your inmvolvement and full participation in the operation of bogus St. Luke Medical School, we recommend to the Executive Council that you be suspended for toime indefinite from the Liberia Medical and Dental SAssociation pending the final outcome of the St. Luke Medical School issue.
In a related development, last week it was reported in another local daily that the NTLA joint committee on Health and Social Welfare, Education and Public Administration recommended to their colleagues the arrest of Dr. Coleman and his associates for deceiving the Liberian public and putting the lives of Liberian citizens and foreign residents in danger.
According to the paper, when arrested, Dr. Coleman abd his 'collaborators will be charged with forgery and counterfeiting, malfeasance, nonfeasance and prejury for their alleged involvement in the operation of bogus St. Luke Medical School.
When our Monrovia Correspondent contacted the Liberian Health Minister Tuesday his Director of Public Relations said his Minister was not prepared to address himself on the issue, but rather at a later date.
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