Senate Passes Public Health Bill
Senate in Nigeria has passed a bill to establish a public health system
to guarantee quarantine, isolation and emergency health procedures.
The decision of Senate to pass the bill into law on Tuesday maybe
connected with the onslaught of the Ebola Virus Disease in some West
African countries, but experts say it has been brought under control in
Nigeria.
It is a bill that seeks the
development of a comprehensive plan to provide for a co-ordinated and
appropriate response in the event of public health emergency.
It
will also enhance the early detection of a health emergency and allow
the immediate investigation of such emergency by gaining access to
individual’s health information under specified circumstances.
The
act also seeks to grant federal and state officials the authority to use
an appropriate property as necessary for the case, treatment,
vaccination and housing of patients and to destroy contaminated
facilities or materials.
Speaking at the Tuesday plenary, the deputy
Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, said that it was necessary to enact
laws to deal challenges thrown up by the Ebola Virus Disease that
claimed seven lives in Nigeria between July and August.
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