Kogi House of Assembly Insists on Compulsory Treatment of Accident Victims

Kogi State 8th legislators have proposed a bill that will compel medical service providers to treat accident victims and those with gunshot wounds without first prioritising police report or money.

The bill titled “A bill for a law to provide for the compulsory treatment and care for victims of accidents and gunshots injury and other matters connected therewith 2023’’.

The bill was sponsored by member representing Dekina/Buraidi constituency Ochidi Usman.

According to him, it became necessary to domesticate such law, following the recent occurrence in Lagos where some criminals pushed down a woman from a moving vehicle but was not immediately attended to by the heath service provider she approached until she bled to death.

Loss of lives

He declared that the bill was born out of concern with the nonchalant attitude of health care providers towards victims and administering health care services hence resulting to the loss of lives.

The bill which has now passed the second reading when adopted will put an end to situations where highway robbers and accident victims are being denied emergency medical services, thereby saving more lives.

However, any health care provider that accept such people will report the case to the nearest police station after they have started treatment so that criminals will not use it to their advantage as it has been debated in the parliament.

Other bill presented during the Wednesday 4th plenary sitting was a bill proposed by the executive arm to repeal and reenact Kogi State College of Nursing and Midwifery law to accommodate a broader scope of activities in the college.

A motion was also raised calling on the state government to complete Ankpa Abejukolo road in the State.

Lateefah Ibrahim