Lawyer Shares How Hospitals Should Handle Gunshot Victims Without Police Report, Mentions Outcome
- A lawyer mentioned what will happen to hospitals that reject gunshot or accident victims because of lack of police report
- She stated why such hospitals should not reject gunshot victims due to a lack of police report or money
- What she said caught people’s attention and sparked mixed reactions about common practice in Nigeria
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A Nigerian lawyer, Stella Justice, has cleared the air on how hospitals should handle gunshot victims without a police report.
Some sources had claimed that some hospitals reject gunshot victims because of no police report.
Source: UGC
On her Facebook page, the lawyer shared why such hospitals must not reject accident or gunshot victims.
She explained the implications of such actions in her Facebook post.
The lawyer said in her post:
“By law, no hospital should reject an accident or gùnshøt victim because of “no police report” or “no money.”The duty of every hospital is first to save life. Police report can come later, bills can come later — but life cannot come later.
“Any hospital that rejects and the person d!es can face criminal liability.Human life is greater than protocol. Save life first, law will handle the rest.”
Source: Facebook
Reactions trail lawyer's stance on police report
Amaechi Oliver Stephen said:
"Some Government hospitals are guilty of this one ooo they will use the language no bed or no space, especially if you are nobody."
Iheanyi Oziegbe said:
"Abeg help us with the particular section and verse in the book of Nigeria law so that we can always hang it on our neck as a necklace and in case of any emergency and the hospital is talking rubbish about money, we pull it off and show them where it is clearly written."
Mbeng Aaron said:
"In most African countries, the will even kpai you with the accomplish of Doctors and nothing will happen. Very dangerous country."
Enyi Daniel said:
"If this is true, a lot of people could have not died."
Sam Collins said:
"Thank you so much for this information. What are the procedures in case such a thing happens and we are not praying for such."
Itz Danjuma said:
"In Naija it's not easy acceptable, especially that gunshot incident automatically in d hospital u re a criminal no police no treatment."
Sadiq Aliyu Ahmad said:
"That's common in Nigeria. I even believe it's a law not to treat an injured person without a police report."
Victor Mainasara said:
"I was left to nearly die that till police come. Stella Justice can I sue the woman or the hospital?"
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Lawyer speaks about blocking on WhatsApp
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Barrister Stella Justice explained how blocking a person on WhatsApp could lead to imprisonment.
She explained two conditions which may lead to a jail term after blocking someone from chatting with you on WhatsApp.
Her explanation caught people's attention and sparked mixed reactions from netizens on social media.
Source: Legit.ng
