By Oyetola Atoyebi, SAN
Medical negligence and the legal responsibilities of healthcare providers have come under focus in a legal analysis by Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi, SAN, FCIArb (U.K) (Notary Public), who examines the circumstances under which harm suffered by a patient may give rise to legal liability in Nigeria.
In the article titled “Medical Negligence in Nigeria: Patients’ Rights, Professional Liability of Healthcare Providers, and Available Legal Remedies,” Atoyebi SAN explains that an unsuccessful treatment, medical complication, injury or death does not, without more, amount to medical negligence.
The analysis also considers the evidential requirements for establishing medical negligence and the remedies that may be available to patients who suffer harm as a consequence of a legally established breach of duty.
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