By Chioma Umeha
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Oyo State
Chapter has said that the National Health Act, if implemented would benefit the
citizenry and solve the problems militating against the health sector.
Dr Omolola Oladele, the Chairperson of the union
stated this when the union visited the Oyo State Governor’s Office on Wednesday
to submit a letter to the governor on the act.
The National Health Act, which took 10 years and
several readings at the National Assembly was passed and signed into law in
2014.
The union had visited to appeal to the federal
government to implement the health act, which they said has been abandoned
since 2014.
Oladele said that the union had visited the governor’s
office to awaken the consciousness of government to the implementation of the
act and for the states to key in.
“The National Health Act is all-encompassing for
everybody, while every stakeholder will benefit from it.
“The act proffer solution to the problems
affecting the health sector in the country, “she said.
She stated that the act protected the right of
health care users to receive treatment and not rejected in the case of
accident.
