The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA has appealed for more protection of doctors treating and reporting accident and gunshot injuries to the Police to avoid molestation and attacks by criminals.
NMA Chairman, Abuja chapter, Ekpe Uche, made the appeal while briefing newsmen at the end of the association’s Annual General Meeting in Abuja.
He said that the association had instances where families of doctors who treated gunshot victims were attacked, hence the plea for more protection for such doctors. He added that by the time one reports an armed robber to the police, other armed robbers would come back to attack the doctors’ family.
Uche noted that some were however genuine victims of accident or gunshot, while others were armed robbers. He said that doctors took an oath to save lives, adding that it was therefore their responsibility to treat victims of gunshots and accidents, whether they were armed robbers or not.
The NMA chairman also urged government to provide more funds for the treatment of accident victims who could not afford good services.
