Foundation calls for prosecution of hospitals rejecting gunshot victims

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Crime Victims Foundation of Nigeria (CRIVIFON) has called for the prosecution of hospitals and medical staff who reject gunshot victims contrary to the provisions of the compulsory treatment and care for victims of gunshots Act, 2017.

The foundation noted that doctors and hospitals were breaching the provisions of the law thereby exposing themselves to criminal and civil liability.

Executive Director, CRIVIFON, Mrs Gloria Egbuji in a statement yesterday, said demanding for police report before treating gunshot victims was totally unnecessary because the law now empowers hospitals to commence treatment before filing a police report.

The Foundation has therefore called on the police authorities to fish out the erring hospitals and their medical staff for prosecution.