Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has launched Nigeria's first Patients' Bill of Rights developed by the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) to protect vulnerable Nigerians.

Speaking at the launch on Tuesday in Abuja, the Vice President said Patients' Bill of Rights is crucial as it borders on human lives and respect for human dignity.
Osinbajo said respect for patients and human lives explain how a country values its citizens and this is the responsibility of not only healthcare practitioners but includes the entire healthcare value chains.

The Vice President added that government is aware of the acute problem of the Nigerian healthcare challenges and government is putting the right policies to address them.

He further said healthcare is not just about government funding and provision of infrastructure but also includes what patients perceive as what they are getting out of it.

The Director General of the CPC, Barrister Babatunde Irukera said the rights encapsulated in the Bill have always existed in different laws and the CPC simply aggregated the rights for reference purposes.
Irukera said the Bill of Rights would help eliminate quacks in the country's health care sector as it will serve as a weapon in the hand of patients to demand better healthcare services.
"Protecting rights in the healthcare sector is of particular importance and is a defining feature of how society should, and must operate," he said.
The CPC boss said the Council took interest in protecting consumers in the health care sector considering that life expectancy depends on the quality of health care delivery in the country.

He said no matter the quality of health care infrastructure, if the right attitude and quality services are absent, quality health care will fail.

"We take a definite step in ensuring people's rights in the healthcare sector are truly respected and protected in part because no one in our country is insulated or immunised from needing medical services," he said.

The Bill of Rights seen by Daily Trust outlined 12 rights that patients are entitled to, including right to relevant information, right to timely access to medical records, right to transparent billing, right to privacy, right to clean health care environment and right to be treated with respect.

Other rights include right to receive urgent care, right to reasonable visitation, right to decline care, right to decline or accept to participate in medical research, right to quality care and right to complain and express dissatisfaction regarding services received.

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weldon sir

This is a bill that cares about human lives....I love this new innovation,because the patients will know what their right is even whenever they go for any treatment...well-done sir for this

Yawn.... Na today una start to dey pass bill.


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Deputy1111:
This is a bill that cares about human lives....I love this new innovation,because the patients will know what their right is even whenever they go for any treatment...well-done sir for this

MY BROTHER WAKE UP..... THIS IS NIGERIA

Good development

I love Osibanjo more than Buhari
If you know, you know...

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Hmn!

Equip the hospitals first to provide the best of service.
I can't wrap my head around a hospital not having Oxygen and
Surgeons operating with lamps.

This dagbo pastor

You have not protected Nigerians from the daily murder, and assault from the men of SARS, neither have you protected them from the herdsmen (whom you asked people to surrender their ancestral lands to in exchange for their lives), and here you are proposing a hypothetical bill about protecting people?

This is a new development...some patient died because there was no urgent attention by the health officials..the bill will help individual patients to know their right ...Nice one sir....

Great news, the giant of Africa awakens.

True progress.

God bless Osinbajo
God bless PMB.
God bless patriotic Nigerians.
God bless Nigeria.

tstx:
Yawn.... Na today una start to dey pass bill.


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My brother..... to pass bill easy. To implement is another story

Clueless vice president always lying to the media. The hottest part of hell is reserved for this fake pastor and his jurassic looking boss.

The only bill we want is that one that would that would send that dauran back to daura his home.

They should also include right to pay promptly for services rendered. We're tired of hearing that Mama Bisi who delivered the 6th set of twins is occupying valuable hospital bed space because she can't pay up and go home. Hospitals are not charity organisations. Private hospitals cannot run at a loss.

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Well done Sir, health is wealth, thank for this innovation. God bless Nigeria...

Rubbish! they need to provide the health care first before patience bill of rights, most hospitals in nigeria are private owned, If you come to my Hospital and start Demanding your so called rights without money, i will kick you out. If you want Rights go to the None Existence Government funded hospitals



Rubbish, this bloody osibanjo is very good only in making speaches and speaking Grammar.

since when has Nigerians rights recognised? they need rights proecting nigerians from Fulani herdsmen first.

Story bill only on paper.

Say no more, here is the best VP in the world, here is the best team in Nigeria democracy. Contrary opinion? Go hit your head against your device and shuffle them down your throat.

EricBloodAxe:
Clueless vice president always lying to the media. The hottest part of hell is reserved for this fake pastor and his jurassic looking boss.

THE VP YEMI OSINBAJO THAT YOU FOOL IS CALLING CLUELESS IS MOST EDUCATED KNOWLEDGEABLE AND ACTIVE VP IN THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA AND THIS SAME VP IS FAR FAR INTELLIGENT MORE THAN YOUR USELESS FATHER AND FORE FATHERS

SoftP:
This dagbo pastor

Meaning..??

May allah increase your strength mr VP,it clearly show that this government has plans for the health sector of this nation,and also has plans for the citizens of this nation,long live buhari/osinbajo

Good news,Mr VP has the health of Nigerians an important factor.welldone sir

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wayo

Good news,Mr VP has the health of Nigerians an important factor.well done sir

is dis one mad? ur reasoning is as confused as ur name badbelle

tstx:
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We appreciate your good support you are giving to your Boss MB to make things easy for the people of this country... We will always support you with our prayers