The Senate has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to establish an emergency fund for treatment of gunshot victims as well as other life-threatening emergencies.
The bill seeking to amend the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshots Act 2017, was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos).
In a lead debate, Tinubu said the Act was to enforce the treatment of victims of gunshot injuries who were being refused treatment by hospitals as a result of a misinterpretation of Section 4 of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act 1990.
She said, “In a country where emergency response is almost non-existent, and getting victims to the hospital is already burdensome, it is sad that where the victims make it to a hospital alive, they’re still denied treatment and left to die.”
