The bill is meant to provide tertiary
healthcare services in support of healthcare services within areas of
operation and for connected matters.
The approval was given at the weekly meeting of the council presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku;
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, and the Minister of Power,
Prof. Chinedu Nebo, briefed State House correspondents at the end of the
meeting.
Chukwu said it was regrettable that so far,
activities of the 21 Federal Medical Centres in the country are not
guided by any specific Act.
He said the centres had been operating under
Acts establishing teaching hospitals which does not give them proper
framework to function.
He said, “Since the establishment of the
Federal Medical Centres, no Act has been enacted for them as they have
been operating under the Act establishing the teaching hospitals
‘University Hospitals’ Act of 1985 CAP 463 with attendant difficulties
and challenges in its application.
“Due to rapid growth in professionalism in
the health sector, it is important to enact enabling laws specifically
for these centres in order to maintain cohesiveness in the system.
“The absence of laws governing the Federal
Medical Centres has led to arbitrariness in the system with the
resultant inter-professional squabbles and industrial disharmony amongst
the professional groups in these centres.”
Chukwu said after extensive deliberations,
the council approved the Bill subject to a few amendments that would be
carried out by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Muhammed Adoke.
He added that the bill would be forwarded to the National Assembly as an Executive Bill for passage into law
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