Is sad to note that some accident or robbery victims in Nigeria die just like that because of carelessness on the part of some Nigerian doctors/hospitals for various reasons. Normally, the first thing any doctor should do is to save life first not asking for a police report or money before the patient is attended to. Therefore, the government of Nigeria should carry out reforms on this aspect. Viewers Corner has recorded lots of death on Nigeria roads, work places, homes etc due to this type of situation. Sometimes is not the fault of the doctors and the hospitals in question but because of the bureaucratic nature and the I DON’T CARE ATTITUDE that exist in Nigeria.
We are suggesting that a certain amount of money be made available to some banks by the federal government of Nigeria, this will stand as an insurance treatment policy and will be linked to all the hospitals/clinics in Nigeria. This method should represent an insurance cover for every Nigerian citizen should such problem happens, the doctor or doctors in the hospital should treat the victim immediately and then send the bills through the insurance company as chosen by the government which will in turn pay the hospital/clinic the amount of money used in treating the patient. This would not cost the government much money to do and the government should also ask the hospital/clinic to treat any one under such condition and get the money later through this method.
Viewers Corner is appealing to the Nigeria government to help save lives because lots of lives are lost due to the attitude of the doctors in various hospitals/clinics by asking the victim to produce police report or deposit some money before treatment is given and in the process the victim dies. This policy if implemented by Nigerian government, it will help every doctor in the clinic/hospital to treat the patient first and ask for the person’s details/money later. Nigeria government should carry out this reform like Viewers Corner suggested and put it into law if agreed.
Again, the Nigeria police should also be informed properly on this issue. An awareness campaign should be made to all the Nigerian citizens about this insurance policy and once this method has been signed into law, any clinic/hospital that does not comply with this directives should be prosecuted.
Once again, Viewers Corner is appealing to the federal government of Nigeria to let every Nigerian citizen have medical insurance policy, It will not cost much to manage this system compared to the amount of money some politicians/senior government officials take out of the country secretly.
If need be, Viewers Corner is willing to give an advice on this subject so that every Nigerian citizen can get his or her medical insurance policy and go to hospital when he or she is sick. May the almighty God guide and bless Nigeria.
Source: Viewers Corner.