A proposed amendment in Nigeria would require hospitals to start treating emergency patients within 15 minutes of arrival, Premium Times reported. Doctors and nurses who delay treatment could face six months in jail.
Nigerian lawmakers want doctors and nurses who delay emergency treatment to face six months in jail, Premium Times reported. The penalty is part of a proposed amendment to the law.
Under the proposal, hospitals would have to begin treatment within 15 minutes of a patient's arrival, the newspaper said. The jail term would apply to doctors and nurses who delay emergency treatment.
The report does not say when lawmakers will debate the proposal or whether it has cleared any stage in the legislature.
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