Medical practitioners in Nigeria risk a five-year jail term or a fine of N500,000 if found guilty of denying victims of gunshot and related matters immediate medical treatment because they failed to present a police report.
The information is contained in the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act of 2017, which provides such victims the right to medical treatment with or without a police report.
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