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2special:
No be Action Bitters be that, what some guys they take 3 or more at once

I take a whole big bottle not got sex or anything. Just high and opue for God. 😕🤨

I don't sit anyhow on people's cushion when I visit. I'll always be on alert in case anyone can crawl into your body and boom take it home and you're finished! This thing de cause depression. 🙁

I'm sure e no go pass Gabon viper 👀👀🤨 that snake and dry leaves na 5&6

Obviouslyblunt:
there is a law passed, mandating health professionals to treat gunshot or accident victims immediately without a police report. Why then do you still do the facilitate police report thing?

lack of proper knowledge and awareness of what the law entails.

Hurt ego how? Tell him to stop the nansense except you enjoy seeing him or judging him.

aljharem:
Do that at your own prerogative. Fake products

fake ke. 😒 They owns almost all shops in lagos.

2007 - 2016 was iconic. Mehn what a league it was those days. 😎😎

Na so world war start those days ooh. I don't want to witness it for the third time again o. Time to incubate again

ROLES OF INDIVIDUAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MEDICAL PERSONEL
Section 2 of the Act provides:

Every person, including security agents, shall render every possible assistance to any person with gunshot wounds and ensure that the person is taken to the nearest hospital for immediate treatment.
Accordingly-
(a) a person with a gunshot wound shall be received for immediate and adequate treatment by any hospital in Nigeria with or without initial monetary deposit, and
(b) a person with a gunshot wound shall not be subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment or torture by any person or authority, including the police or other security agencies.

According to the above provision, the law mandates that everyone, including security agents and medical personnel, must promptly and without hesitation attend to victims of gunshot wounds, accidents, and other emergencies. This is a mandatory requirement of the law without more. See also Section 20 of the National Health Act.

Ethical Responsibilities.
The ethical responsibilities of healthcare professionals come into sharp focus when handling emergency cases. The Hippocratic Oath, which emphasizes a duty to preserve life and prevent harm, is at odds with practices that delay treatment pending police clearance. From an ethical standpoint, the decision to prioritize administrative procedures over a patient’s immediate care contradicts the core values of medical practice.

Ethical Dilemma of Life versus Law: Healthcare professionals in Nigeria have faced a long-standing ethical dilemma—whether to prioritize life-saving treatment over bureaucratic processes like obtaining a police report. For instance, a good number of patients have died due to delayed treatment caused by hospitals insisting on a police report before providing care. This situation raises critical ethical questions about the role of the medical community in preserving life above all else.
Patient Confidentiality and Trust: Another ethical concern is patient confidentiality. Reporting to the police, especially in gunshot cases, may compromise patient privacy and trust in the healthcare system. Although the law mandates reporting after initial treatment, healthcare professionals must navigate the delicate balance between cooperating with law enforcement and upholding patient confidentiality and,
Access to Emergency Care. Access to emergency care without unnecessary obstacles is fundamental. Denying or delaying treatment due to the absence of a police report can be seen as a violation of a patient’s right to life and dignity. Nigeria’s efforts to improve this situation through the aforementioned laws represent an important step toward ensuring that medical ethics align with international human rights standards.


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Under this Act, hospitals, whether public or private, must provide immediate treatment to any person with gunshot wounds. See Section 1 of the Act.
However, as an addendum to the Act, such Healthcare providers are mandated to report such cases to the police within two hours after commencing treatment, but the lack of an immediate report should not delay medical care. See Section 3 (1), while failure to comply with this law may result in sanctions, including fines or imprisonment for healthcare professionals. See Section 5 of the Act.

This act is a significant departure from past practices and reflects Nigeria’s commitment to aligning healthcare with global human rights standards. Prior to this law, gunshot victims were often left untreated due to fears that treating them without police approval would involve medical personnel in legal issues or criminal investigations.

The National Health Act (2014): The National Health Act also plays a critical role in ensuring the rights of emergency patients. It states that all citizens have the right to emergency treatment, and refusal of such treatment due to the absence of a police report or upfront payment is illegal. This law sets a standard for all healthcare providers and reinforces the human right to life-saving treatment. The Act ensures that emergency care, including road accidents and critical injuries victims can not be denied healthcare due to financial or bureaucratic reasons. See Section 20 of the said Act even though enforcement remains a challenge, with many healthcare providers still hesitating to treat victims without police involvement, largely due to fear of legal repercussions, inadequate training, or lack of proper awareness of the law.

LEGAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF ‘TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY CASES WITHOUT A POLICE REPORT: FOCUS ON VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS, GUNSHOT WOUNDS, AND CRITICAL INJURIES IN NIGERIA.

PART 1.
INTRODUCTION
We read in the Holy Book of the Christians (Bible), the story of a certain man who was robbed, beaten, helpless, and left to die. While many saw him in this dire state, only a soul moved by compassion came to his aid despite being in desperate need for help.
This story often emphasizes the actions of the one good man who rendered help, but it also raises important questions. Why did others not help? What could have possibly prevented them from coming to the aid of the dying man and many more?.

In today’s society, fear of legal consequences, financial commitment and sometimes, unexpected trouble with law enforcement agencies among others may culminate into why individuals might be hesitatant to assist victims in dire need of help.

Often time, considerable victims of kidnappers, ritualists, bandits, and armed robbery attacks survive their ordeals but are left on the brink of death owing to lack of timely medical intervention as a result of the reasons adduced above.

Generally, emergency healthcare is a fundamental right that cuts across societal, legal, and moral boundaries. However, in countries like Nigeria, the intersection of healthcare, law enforcement, and societal norms creates a complex scenario, especially when treating accidents, gunshot wounds, or victims of critical injuries.

For decades, hospitals in Nigeria have been faced with the dilemma of whether to provide emergency treatment without a police report.

In this article, we shall focus our attention on the legal and ethical implications of treating such cases and the evolving stance of the country’s healthcare laws and ethics.

Legal Framework
Historically, Nigerian hospitals and clinics often refused to treat patients with gunshot wounds, critical injuries, or accidents until a police report was presented. This was primarily driven by regulations ambiguities and fear of being implicated in criminal investigations.

However, this stance has gradually changed due to legislative reforms and increased awareness of the importance of timely medical intervention.

Continuous awareness is however, required by the relevant agency as many of the hospitals still insist on police reports before commencing treatment for such victims.

THE ‘OLD PRESUMED LAW’
While the Police Act (CAP p19, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004), section 4 1 mandates police reports for injuries caused by firearms or other dangerous weapons. It is important to note that the regulation was a mere police rule and never a law or legislation of the Federal Government of Nigeria. It’s also noteworthy that many lives have been lost because of these reckless and insensitive bottlenecks.

Whilst the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigerian (1999 as amended) guaranteed every citizen the right to life and before such life can be taken, such person must not only be found guilty of an offence by a competent court of record, he must be so convicted and sentenced accordingly.

Further to the above, Coronal Law (CAP C35, laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004) section 9 (1) mandates healthcare workers to report deaths or injuries caused by violence or which in their opinion is unnatural causes.

THE LAWS.

Gunshot Wounds Act (2017): One of the most critical legislative interventions came in 2017 with the passing of the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Wounds Act. This law mandates that hospitals and healthcare professionals treat gunshot victims immediately, without the need for a police report.

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Peter532:
woman when dey give me head morning till night, we french kiss morning And night while I make her squirt... never tell me say I dey smell...I go need ask her first.?

many of you are so dumb

may be she dey best am cos she loves you nothing more. 😏

Lollllzzzz dem don buy am with him stupid bear bear😂

obinna58:
Meant to say you bought it?

buy instead. Did and bought are past tense...

obinna58:
Did you bought it?

ur English sha 😂😂

Wickedlywicked:
You see? I called you a woman for arguing about football like one and you keep proving me right.
There are some things we say in football parlance that aren’t meant to be understood easily by non-football lovers or women. Things like Tottenham has no trophy or that Arsenal have never won a European trophy ever before (which isn’t true)
Anyone who understands this parlance would easily understand that “Europa doesn’t take into account what happened before the league was changed” The only time it’s mentioned is when the total number (of it) ever won by teams are being calculated just like in the EPL, we say Liverpool have had just two while Manchester United have won the glory 13 times but when we are talking about the all-time records, we start calculating from the time when the league was created and called THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (or English league First division)
You don’t even know that Arsenal have won European trophies before yet you are here arguing I’ll leave you to go do that as part of your research assignment.
So yes, going by your logic, it’s wrong for us to keep saying that Arsenal have had no European glory before and secondly, teams like Madrid haven’t participated in Europa, they have only won the league when it was still being called UEFA cup and they may never play in the league again due to the massive reforms.
To answer your question and confusion about the champions league and unlike most of the other leagues, the champions league didn’t go through metamorphosis unlike the Europa league that went through not only reforms but also merger. The UCL (i.e the European Cup) from inception has always been the highest level of football in Europe played by the best teams from each country every football season and it’s what is still being practiced today.
Observe this table below and you will notice that they separated them for an obvious reason.
The second screenshot summarizes all the jargons we’ve been trying to educate you about since last week. It will help broaden your understanding more I hope. I don’t think I can help you any further at this point. I had wanted to ignore you at first but it’s okay.

all these out of point jargons and unreasonable arguments you're making, you will just end up confusing yourself cos no one is arguing about ur nansense points there. Did you know how many teams participated in the first champions league? Chelsea happen to be the first English team to participate... I don't need to read some history blogs to know any of these things. Whether it changes or not, it's still the same competition and people talk about it when necessary but historically na the same. You're a baby in football history learning from Google but I'll school you from the palm of my hands. Genz trying so much to talk out of point!!! peace out. No more replies to you baby boi

What a myopic thinking... Lending really? Ask opay and the rest 😂😂. I know how many cases I have handled regarding borrowing. Stay fast away from it but if you want to waste your money money, start it please. 🤣

dominique:
Tottenham Hotspur is more valuable than Chelsea? We need to know which parameters Forbes used to come up with this list

stadium revenue is the main reason.

Wickedlywicked:
My bro, i just corrected someone about this same mistake you’re making.
Real football lovers and analyst know what it means when we say things like the EPL, Europa, UCL and the rest. No be woman una be na😂 When we say Europa, nobody is talking about the ones played during the time of methuselah in the 80s and 70s under a different naming scheme.
We all drag Arsenal for having no European trophy everyday but going by this your logic, it means Arsenal have indeed, won the Europa before.
Madam, going by the new rule, many of those big teams may never ever play the Europa league and Europa conference league again and when they played it in the past, they were either relegated there from the UCL or it was during the time when the name hadn’t been changed. You actually need to read both that history and the present my friend😂 You need to upgrade your football knowledge

I think it's you who needs to upgrade your knowledge. Do you know that real Madrid champions league first 3, only few teams participated that time? Are you now saying it makes a difference from today's own? Tell me the European cup won by assna. 🤔🙄😏

Wickedlywicked:
And people are celebrating this?
Teams that are consistently good may never win two of these trophies because they simply can’t stoop so low to play in those leagues to even to start with. You sef reason am now, how you go expect team like Real, Bayern Munich and Man City to Dey play Europa and Conference league? World wan end be that😂

are you happy with what you just said without even looking at history? It may interest you that the teams you mentioned all participated in them before.

cjudy:
People are funny oooo. You expect Real Madrid to come and play Europa or Conference league so as to win all. Shammmmmme

your so called big clubs one time participated in the competition and never won it including barca. Check your history. Nigerians and mumu analysis.

Already has dent

These phones were created in Genz era so what are you even saying 😏🤨😏

Myrepublic:
Until start run restroom ,like say na race

Op you look like someone who pays attention to hygiene.

yea for sure! No 1 especially when it comes to what you want to eat.

Na you relegate Everton ba? 😏😏People wey pass Manu for table 🤨

clintino700:
Looks attractive

very very delicious. 😋

Mariangeles:
Op, did you use tomatoes to cook the "soup"?

yep. Fresh tomatoes. Small quantity. 🤭