Nigeria Government has mandated that all public and private healthcare to medical attention to gunshot victims without police report

[Augusta]

The Nigeria Federal Government has mandated that all public and private healthcare facilities across the country must provide immediate medical attention to gunshot victims, whether or not they present a police clearance.

This directive was issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in a statement on Saturday, December 7. The statement was signed by the Director of Information, Patricia Deworitshe, and highlighted numerous complaints regarding hospitals rejecting gunshot victims, often resulting in avoidable deaths.

 

[magnus2022]

After many years of wasting people's lives. After all these unnecessary precautions, insecurity is still very high. Nigeria government need to upgrade their security structure and use advance technology to track down criminals.

 

[eLdavis]

The first thing should be saving their lives. After that you can start asking for records and whatever documents needed.