"He didn't say anything he just looked at me confusedly.
"It was the letterhead, usually I'd see the doctor's name and a signature [but they weren't there]."
In court, Mr Narayan then asked Mr Henry if from what he had seen of other medical certificates, his had looked legitimate.
After hesitating, Mr Henry agreed it did.
However, concerns were raised with the medical certificate's lack of a letterhead or officiating stamp, Mr Henry said.
A HR consultant who was working at Telecom at the time, Tania Breen, told the court that after consulting the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, which had apparently issued the certificate, it was revealed the reference number on the document didn't match the hospital's records.
Their records showed the certificate was issued by a "different doctor, to a different patient, on a different date," Ms Breen said.
Mr Narayan was born and raised in Fiji and had travelled home in December 2011 for what he said was a three-week holiday. Though he flew on a one-way ticket, he always intended to adhere to his approved leave break and return to work in Auckland by December 27, he said yesterday.
He had originally applied for leave to return on January 3, but that period had been declined.
On December 27, he emailed Telecom saying he seemed "to have caught a bad virus" and wouldn't be in to work. He didn't mention that he was still in Fiji.
On December 29 he emailed again, advising he was still sick and was seeking a second medical opinion. That night he visited a doctor at a Suva hospital.
The hearing continues.
