The Guild of Medical Directors (GMD) has said the Federal Government should use the recently introduced National Emergency Medical and Ambulance Services (NEMSAS) to address police harassment of doctors, while attending to bullet wound emergencies. Meanwhile, the Federal Government has solicited support of the private sector for successful implementation of NEMSAS, launched to ensure prompt provision of emergency health care services. He noted that though N100b intervention fund had been made available to the health sector, most private medical practitioners have not been able to access it, due to high interest rate. “As doctors, who take care of lives, we need a bailout as given to the banking, agriculture and other sectors.”Ehanire said the cornerstone of human capital development is the health sector. This is due to accumulated decay over the years and health insurance is one of the ways to fund the health sector.

Source: The Guardian August 23, 2020 03:45 UTC