By Lucy Nwachukwu
The Director-General, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Babatunde Irukera, has urged healthcare providers in the country to domesticate the Patients’ Bill of Right (PBoR) in their various facilities.
Irukera gave the advice when he visited two private hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday in Abuja.
The hospitals are: Wellington Neurosurgery Centre, Maitama and Alliance Hospital, Area 11, Garki.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PBoR was inaugurated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on July 31, in Abuja.
While inaugurating the bill, Osinbajo expressed optimism that the synergy among stakeholders in the health sector would translate to new quality of standards in the experience of patients in the country.
He also expressed hope that with the PBoR, increased funding in the healthcare system would translate to direct improvement in the quality of the…
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