The FRSC has said henceforth any hospital that rejects accident victims would have its Chief Medical Director arrested and charged to court.

The Federal Road Safety Corps  has disclosed that henceforth, any hospital that rejects accident victims  would have its Chief Medical Director arrested and charged to court, with a fine of N50,000 or jailed for one year.

This is just as the Nigerian Navy yesterday told its men and officers to comply with the new traffic law in Lagos State, threatening that violation of the law was tantamount to double jeopardy for any erring personnel.

Flag Officer  Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda, gave the advice  during an awareness seminar on the new traffic Law, at the Western Naval command, Apapa..

The seminar he explained, was  borne out of the need to for personnel of the command to be conversant with the new traffic law and the danger of violating them, as well as to create a civil-military relationship.

Represented by the Command’s Operation’s Officer, Commodore Henry Babalola, the FOC  enjoined the personnel to subordinate themselves to civil authority,  reminding them that the day they were enlisted into the Military, they signed  away their liberty.

He however, called on the need for the amendment of  some of the stipulated fines in the law, saying it was not proportional to the offense committed.

Addressing senior officers and personnel of the Nigerian Navy during the  awareness seminar, the Lagos state  Sector Commander of  the Federal Road Safety Corps,  Corp Commander Nsebong Akpabi, disclosed that so far, the Corps had over 3 Million traffic offenders in its database, enjoining the personnel to key into the new law, reminding that road crashes don’t discriminate the personality of individual  plying the road.

He stated  that any traffic offender who had up to twenty points from the Corps data, would have his particulars seized and consequent be disallowed from driving in any part of the country.

Also speaking, the Chief Vehicle Inspector Officer for Lagos, Mr. Adebayo Olusoji explained  that the fine stipulated by the Lagos state government in the new  traffic law was not aimed at punishing Lagosians but rather, to ensure they adhere strict to the rules.

http://thisafrica.com/frsc-threatens-doctors-that-reject-accident-victims/

Interesting

would like to see who will be prosecuted : private hospitals or government hospitals?

Action speaks better!

Nice development. Carry on FRSC

GOOD!!!!

Why would hospitals reject accident victims in the First place? . i thot the aim of these institutions were to save lives. Nice one from FRSC

This is a nice move by the FRSC.i still respect them than any other uniformed force.

Dat's a good one cos av seen a little girl knocked down and was rushed to d hospital but was reject cos dey don't kno her parents so there will b no one to pay her hospital bill not mind minding d fact dat she was on skul uniform

Kay-Dee:
[size=13pt]This should be extended beyond just accident victims to all emergency patients, armed robbery victims, etc.

Its ridiculous for hospitals to reject emergency patients or ask them to go get a lousy police report before treatment and I still don't understand why.

The EMTALA law should be introduced and enforced.[/size]

If you need any evidence that Nigeria is a crazy country, this is it. I don't understand why you need a police report before you can save a dying patient.

[color=#000099][/color]hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Nonsense,dx whole talk is full of BS. They should go and repair roads and appeal to FG to better equip our decaying hospitals and employ more qualified personel. Ask me y a hospital that has no doc on call,rather only an inexperienced nurse that cant even secure haemostasis or suture a laceration not refer such patients or a single female doc on call covering 2 medical wards and being asked to attend to life threatenin rta cases with her tired and exhausted body not refer They should beta face the roads,vehicles and trucks n make sure they okay to be on d road. Prevention they say is always better than cure' Benin-ore road thats a deathtrap nko??wetin dem don do?? Talk about misplaced priorities....

A GOOD MOVE!

bisiswag: Nonsense,dx whole talk is full of BS. They should go and repair roads and appeal to FG to better equip our decaying hospitals and employ more qualified personel. Ask me y a hospital that has no doc on call,rather only an inexperienced nurse that cant even secure haemostasis or suture a laceration not refer such patients or a single female doc on call covering 2 medical wards and being asked to attend to life threatenin rta cases with her tired and exhausted body not refer They should beta face the roads,vehicles and trucks n make sure they okay to be on d road. Prevention they say is always better than cure' Benin-ore road thats a deathtrap nko??wetin dem don do?? Talk about misplaced priorities....

So on good roads, there is no accident occurence abi? I don't know if you really think before you write that trash, accident happens daily irrespective of the road condition, the crue thing here is hospitals rejecting accident victim for the stupid reasons, save life first, anything comes afterward..

Moronic Nigerians.

Has the FRSC set up a fund with which to pay hospitals who treat accident victims without collecting payment upfront? Hospitals are not charities, they are businesses and the owner(s) are trying to ea,t not be the Red Cross. If there were enough state hospitals in the country and adequate world class emergency response facilities, the useless FRSC wouldnt have to issue such a dumb statement.

What will you charge the hospital to court for?

Anyway the FRSC has no power to charge anybody to court, only state prosecutors do.

let them come most hospital are small in capacity when the beds are full do we dump humans on hospital floor with few personel let them charge us and see

norrisman: Moronic Nigerians.

Has the FRSC set up a fund with which to pay hospitals who treat accident victims without collecting payment upfront? Hospitals are not charities, they are businesses and the owner(s) are trying to ea,t not be the Red Cross. If there were enough state hospitals in the country and adequate world class emergency response facilities, the useless FRSC wouldnt have to issue such a dumb statement.

What will you charge the hospital to court for?

Anyway the FRSC has no power to charge anybody to court, only state prosecutors do.

Thank you my brother. This is Nigeria, where anybody can just come up stage and make blunt, ignorant statements. FRSC are trying their best, but they need to redirect their frustrations to the appropriate quarters - the federal government. Doctors are not heartless, as most people prefer to think. They are human beings, managers who need to feed & cater for their families, pay utility bills at the same rates as the general population, and pay their hospital staff monthly. How do they do these if they keep writing off bills for patients whom they've treated extensively & at times with very expensive medications? And mind you, some doctors write off bills almost on a daily basis! What the FRSC needs to do is to ensure (don't know if its even their duty anyway) that there's a mechanism in place for doctors to get back their money (@ least 50%) after they might have finished treating these emergency/ road traffic accident cases. Its only AFTER then they can talk of punishment for defaulting hospitals... In the absence of that, i'll just advise the doctors to give first aid and then refer the patients to the government hospitals...

Nice move...so no more police report before accident victims are attended to.

Bulllshit FRSC. What needs to be done is to look at the reason why hospitals reject patients. Which is fund! Hospitals aint father Xmas. The federal govt need to set up an issurance to cover all accident victims in that case hospitals won't be afraid to treat. And for those who fight hospitals for rejecting gun shot wounds. Do u know that if you treat an armed robber you will be arrested as an accomplice ?

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So on good roads, there is no accident occurence abi? I don't know if you really think before you write that trash, accident happens daily irrespective of the road condition, the crue thing here is hospitals rejecting accident victim for the stupid reasons, save life first, anything comes afterward..

Mtsheww,its ignorant Nigerians like you who shy away from basic truths in life that cause problems all over the world. N just so you know,truth is always a bitter pill to swallow.

FRSC too needs to up and doing in its responsibility to Nigerians especially the accident victims. A situation where the victims are brought in and dumped, to later find their ways, is deplorable.

FRSC needs to know that the care including the billings is on its shoulder untill the relatives are traced to take over that.

kelvincoll: Why would hospitals reject accident victims in the First place? . i thot the aim of these institutions were to save lives. Nice one from FRSC

After saving the lives nko?Who will foot the bills, you or your Papa?

bigass: Bulllshit FRSC. What needs to be done is to look at the reason why hospitals reject patients. Which is fund! Hospitals aint father Xmas. The federal govt need to set up an issurance to cover all accident victims in that case hospitals won't be afraid to treat. And for those who fight hospitals for rejecting gun shot wounds. Do u know that if you treat an armed robber you will be arrested as an accomplice ?

No, Do you have verifiable examples of this happening?

or what section of the law can you point nigerians to?

Justosaus:

Thank you my brother. This is Nigeria, where anybody can just come up stage and make blunt, ignorant statements. FRSC are trying their best, but they need to redirect their frustrations to the appropriate quarters - the federal government. Doctors are not heartless, as most people prefer to think. They are human beings, managers who need to feed & cater for their families, pay utility bills at the same rates as the general population, and pay their hospital staff monthly. How do they do these if they keep writing off bills for patients whom they've treated extensively & at times with very expensive medications? And mind you, some doctors write off bills almost on a daily basis! What the FRSC needs to do is to ensure (don't know if its even their duty anyway) that there's a mechanism in place for doctors to get back their money (@ least 50%) after they might have finished treating these emergency/ road traffic accident cases. Its only AFTER then they can talk of punishment for defaulting hospitals... In the absence of that, i'll just advise the doctors to give first aid and then refer the patients to the government hospitals...

Why aren't these doctors pushing for this? you know since they come across it on a daily basis

@ Bisiswag Nonsense,dx whole talk is full of BS. They should go and repair roads and appeal to FG to better equip our decaying hospitals and employ more qualified personel. Ask me y a hospital that has no doc on call,rather only an inexperienced nurse that cant even secure haemostasis or suture a laceration not refer such patients or a single female doc on call covering 2 medical wards and being asked to attend to life threatenin rta cases with her tired and exhausted body not refer They should beta face the roads,vehicles and trucks n make sure they okay to be on d road. Prevention they say is always better than cure' Benin-ore road thats a deathtrap nko??wetin dem don do?? Talk about misplaced priorities...


U re not being sincere @ Bisiswag Don't rush to blame govt without giving cogent reasons. A Super Eagles player died last year or dis year in Europe was it due to bad road? Accidents happen in UK, USA and leading economies. What we need is a kind of health insurance fund for accident victims while govt improve the road level and frsc implement laws on safety road usage. Fixing the road alone does not solve d problem because a trailer with brake failure or a drunk driver/driver with psychological problems is prone to accident even in d best of roads.

I've always said it, there's certain time where serious dialogue is required, using a heavy handed approach DOES NOT resolve situation BUT understanding paves way for working together. Which hospital will treat a patient without funding the treatment? The idea behind is great, however, we have to look both ways as well. If the hospital doesn't get paid, there won't be nurses and doctors there to perform the job, what that leaves us with the major determinant (MONEY).

If they are sincere about these, let them setup a hospital insurance scheme where each patients admitted under the authority of the FRSC, the FRSC guarantees that they will pick up the bill should the patient default. It's ONLY a matter of time, they will reverse their decision. Healthcare is quite expensive, and who wants to bear the cost? The hospitals are not running a charity home nor exercise, so let govt institute the right things in place before embarking on enforcement. Enforcement is ONLY necessary when there's an extreme laxity in following directions.

Where is the sound reasoning in this FRSC decision? I hope the FRSC and the Federal Government have provisions in place for a free supply of medicines and equipment to all Hospitals in Nigeria to enable them handle this??

nigerian doctors and hospitals r evil.

to withold lifesaving treatment must be a crime,they should be sued

bisiswag: Nonsense,dx whole talk is full of BS. They should go and repair roads and appeal to FG to better equip our decaying hospitals and employ more qualified personel. Ask me y a hospital that has no doc on call,rather only an inexperienced nurse that cant even secure haemostasis or suture a laceration not refer such patients or a single female doc on call covering 2 medical wards and being asked to attend to life threatenin rta cases with her tired and exhausted body not refer They should beta face the roads,vehicles and trucks n make sure they okay to be on d road. Prevention they say is always better than cure' Benin-ore road thats a deathtrap nko??wetin dem don do?? Talk about misplaced priorities....

u are sick,ure mind is twisted,you have crossed than line between humanity into the realm of pure evil.i can bet u r a doctor or nurse,u r right,ur life is one big tragedy to ur creator

u these murderers and murderesses parading yourselves as doctors n nurses,i hope frsc makes an examle of you and try you for homicide,and then u be struck off n never practice again,wicked evil things who parade urselves as human beings,even animals have empathy towards one another if they r in pain or distress