Senate Condemns  Abuja Hospital for Rejecting Robbery Victim

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja

The Senate, yesterday, demanded a thorough investigation into the death of Greatnes Olorunfemi, a victim of notorious ‘one-chance’ robbers in the Abuja metropolis.

Olorunfemi was a community developer and member of the Young African Leaders Initiative Network (YALI), who died at the Maitama General Hospital after she was allegedly denied treatment for not providing a police report.
She was said to have been pushed out of a fast-moving vehicle along the Maitama-Kubwa highway on September 26, 2023 by notorious ‘one-chance’ operators, who had reportedly robbed her.

The Senate passed the resolution following a motion by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong (Cross River South).
Consequently, the red chamber summoned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, Ministers of Health and FCT, Ali Pate and Nyesom Wike respectively over the issue.

It also directed its committees on Health and Police Affairs to invite the doctor,who allegedly refused the victim treatment, urging the relevant authorities to sensitise hospitals and health centres nationwide to ensure compliance to the Gunshot Act.
Ekpenyong, in his motion, said the action of the hospital was contrary to the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act, 2017. The law  gives victims of gunshots and other emergencies the right to treatment.
The law also  states that every hospital in Nigeria, both public and private, shall accept or receive, for immediate and adequate treatment with or without police clearance, any person with a gunshot wound.