A BLACK South African nurse was victimised and harassed by managers at University College London Hospital because of his race, a tribunal has heard.
Kissinger Njoku, the first black African to work in the Medical Intensive Care unit at the National Hospital for Neurology in Queen’s Square, Holborn, alleges he was bullied and let down by his bosses after emigrating from South Africa to work at the hospital in 2002.
UCLH trust, which runs the NHN and recruits extensively abroad, is denying his claims of racial discrimination and constructive dismissal at the Employment Tribunal in Woborn Place, Bloomsbury.
But speaking at the Tribunal on Thursday, UCLH barrister Simon Brown insisted Mr Njoku had been unable to properly perform his duties, which included setting up and running ventilators.
Mr Njoku claims three white South African nurses hired at the same time as him were granted benefits including free accommodation, hotel fees and mentors, while he received none.
He says his superiors did not give him enough support, and that when he complained he was subjected to a campaign of intimidation.
His wife, pregnant with twins, suffered a miscarriage as a result of stress caused by repeated threatening calls to his house, he claimed.
The case continues.
Earlier this year UCLH settled on the eve of a tribunal with 15 Filipino nurses who had made complaints of racism.