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Lagos State Government Warns Hospitals To Stop Rejecting Gunshot Victims
The Lagos State Government has appealed to all health care facilities, both private and public health facilities operating within the state to stop rejecting gunshot victims and other trauma patients on the excuse of requesting a police report or provision of evidence of the availability of funds before commencing treatment.
Prof Akin Abayomi, the commissioner of health, who issued this statement on Sunday 29th while reacting to investigating by the health ministry shows that some health facilities are still in the habit of rejecting or delaying care to trauma patients which have led to some avoidable loss of lives, noting that more often than not such victims are not in the position to discuss the incidence or finance and are brought in by good Samaritans.
So, he urged health centres, clinics, and hospitals to offer immediate comprehensive care to victims of gunshot and other trauma patients without being a hindrance to the Federal Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017
“These deaths would have been avoided if health care practitioners were conversant with the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017 which stipulates that victims of gunshot and traumatic accidents should receive immediate treatment when presenting to healthcare facilities”, the Commissioner reveals.
The commissioner of health explained further that the Compulsory Treatment and Care fo Victims of Gunshot Act provides for obligatory treatment and care for victims of gunshot noting that the law stipulates that a person with a gunshot wound shall be received for adequate and immediate treatment by any hospital in Nigeria.
“With this Act, it has become legally wrong for healthcare providers to delay attending to victims of gunshots and any other trauma under any circumstances. It is in this wise that I want to make it clear that the Lagos State Government will not hesitate to explore this law and to apply suitable sanctions against facilities that contravene the principle and body of the act,” Abayomi noted
However, he noted that the primary concern of the Act focuses on access to immediate medical care, Prof Abayomi stresses that saving human life should be the first concern for any healthcare provider irrespective of circumstances that led to the incident.
The NBA All-Star game has now to be called The Kobe Bryant MVP Award. NBA commissioner, Adam Silver made this announcement on Saturday 15th February.
The Kobe Bryant MVP Award will be given this Sunday at the closing of this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. Both teams will be captained by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Lebron James respectively. Team Lebron will put on No 2 and team Giannis will put on No 24. These two numbers were worn by Gianna, Kobe’s daughter and Kobe Bryant.
Recall that Kobe won the All-Star Game MVP in 2002, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Also, he played as the youngest player to feature in the All-Star Game at 19 in 1998.
Modibbo Kawu, the DG of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been put on suspension by President Buhari. This came following his corruption charges by the Independent Corrupt Practices, ICPC.
This development was confirmed by Armstrong Idachaba, NBC’s Director of Broadcast Monitoring. Further, the most senior director in the commission has been directed to take over from Modibbo Kawu.
Modibbo Kawu is currently facing a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering, abuse of office, and misleading a public officer with the intent of defrauding the government.
So, this contravenes Section 26 (1) (c) of the Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Act 2000 and punishable under Section 19 of the same Act.
Beisdes, Modibbo was first arraigned in May 2019 over the alleged misappropriation of N 2.5 billion for the digital switch-over (DSO) program of the government.
The Health Ministry in Egypt has confirmed the first case of the deadly Coronavirus. The authorities made this disclosure on Friday 14th February in a press release. They said the World Health Organization has been informed and the patient is in isolation for monitoring and treatment.
The patient’s nationality was not given. However, Egypt is the 28th country in the world to record Coronavirus and the first in Africa.
So, over 64,000 cases of the Coronavirus have been diagnosed around the world and 1,363 persons have been confirmed dead since its outbreak in Wuhan, China
