Nigerian Lawmakers Propose Six-Month Jail Term for Doctors, Nurses Who Delay Emergency Treatment
The measure would require hospitals to stabilize emergency patients within minutes and allow penalties of up to six months in jail and a fine.
- On Wednesday, The Senate passed for second reading a bill to amend the National Health Act, 2014, establishing mandatory Emergency Medical Treatment Standards and referral protocols in Nigeria.
- Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar'Adua sponsored the legislation following repeated incidents where hospitals allegedly denied emergency care to robbery and accident victims, including Moradeun Balogun and Ebenezer Ayeni.
- The Bill proposes mandatory treatment within 15 minutes of arrival, while facilities violating these standards face a six-month jail term or fines of up to 300,000.
- Hospitals must stabilize patients and commence referral arrangements, though the amendment protects practitioners who document inadequate resources when unable to meet these requirements.
- Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the passage, and the proposal moves to the Senate Committee on Tertiary and Primary Health for further legislative scrutiny and public hearings.
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The Senate is considering a proposed amendment to the National Health Act, 2014, seeking to impose up to six months’ imprisonment, a ₦300,000 fine, or both on hospitals and healthcare providers who violate prescribed emergency treatment standards. The bill, sponsored by Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua, is aimed at strengthening emergency healthcare delivery, preventing avoidable deaths and …
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