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Are Police Reports Really Necessary Before Treatment Of Robbery Victims? by fELiscatus: 11:11am On Oct 29, 2013
Asking for police reports is a problem some people face when they need medical help, they arrive at the hospital after getting attacked by armed robbers.They are in great pain and have blood rushing all over their body but instead of the doctor to commence treatment, he asks them to get a police report before he will commence treatment and no matter how much they beg the doctor,he insists that they get a police report because he does not want to be arrested for treating criminals.

This type of thing does not make sense, the victim could be in dire condition and in need of immediate medical help for him/her to remain alive so doctors refusing to help such victims when they can is a very inhuman and heartless thing to do.
Infact a number of people have died from being refused medical help due to absence of police report.

Is it actually the law for robbery victims that are in need of medical help, no matter how urgent, to get a police report first? I hate to think that such a law exists and that the doctors are right to turn back people who are on the brink of death for a trivial reason like police report. What does the law actually say about such situations?
Re: Are Police Reports Really Necessary Before Treatment Of Robbery Victims? by UyiIredia(m): 11:15am On Oct 29, 2013
It is an extremely foolish law that needlessly puts the life of innocents, not robbers, in danger.
Re: Are Police Reports Really Necessary Before Treatment Of Robbery Victims? by Nobody: 11:31am On Oct 29, 2013
only in nigeria, where brainless poli-thief-cians and bigoted military juntas run the affairs of the state. implementing laughable clueless laws.
common south africa here, if one is shot and wounded, the first team to arrive would be emergency medical with their well medically equiped van, treatment free of charge,
naija - giant of africa by population & corruption.

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