THERE is no more tenable excuse for the health facilities that continue to breach the law by rejecting gunshot and ‘one-chance’ victims. Rightly, the ministry is aghast that hospitals are still unreasonably sidestepping the Gunshot Act 2017. In hindsight, doctors cite police harassment and accusations of tampering with evidence to leave accident and gunshot victims to their fate. In truth, the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, in 2017, promulgated by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, is not entrenched among stakeholders. This has been discarded for the Gunshot Act.

Source: Punch February 09, 2024 12:06 UTC