Cheryl Miller, the employee of the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development, who was removed from her office and detained at the St Ann's Psychiatric Hospital on March 30, will not be out to work today. According to president of the Public Services Association (PSA) Watson Duke, Miller was advised to refrain from attending work until the situation which led to her being admitted to the hospital was resolved. "We cannot finish a case before it over," said Duke in a telephone interview yesterday.
Duke said despite the way in which Miller was removed from her place of employment, a particular procedure needed to be followed for her return. "She has to go through a process, the same way someone has to go through a process for vacation leave," Duke said. Miller found herself at the centre of heated public debate last week when reports surfaced that she had been removed from her job and detained for 15 days at the mental hospital.
She was released last Friday after a legal team led by attorney Stanley Marcus SC obtained a writ of Habeas Corpus on her behalf. While the Psychologists Association, in a release, stated that the proper process was followed in Miller's admission to St Ann's, Duke has repeatedly called for the removal of top officials of the Gender Affairs Ministry. Miller will appear before Justice Vashiest Kokaram on Friday-when she will learn whether she is mentally sound, or if she will be re-committed to the mental hospital to complete her treatment.