Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria(AGPMPN) Lagos Branch Workshop on Medio-Legal Rights and Responsibility


Posted on: Wed 16-03-2016

The Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN)PRESENT a one day workshop on THE MEDICO-LEGAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBIUTIES OF STAKEHOLDERS IN PATIENT-CENTERED PRACTICE IN NIGERIA. 
 
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This workshop is organized in a bid to stem the tide in the incessant harassment. growing litigations as well as strained relationship between the doctor and the patient on one hand and media damage of the medical profession, inter professional conflicts and occasional kidnapping on the other hand. 
 
The workshop also aim to address the following :-
(I) jointly appraise the issues at stake 
(ii) receive perception of the individual stakeholders on the issues 
(iii) ethical issues 
(iv) Immediate and remote causes 
(v) implications 
(vi) Solutions: short term and long term. 
 
WHO TO ATTEND: Expected at the workshop are the following groups as major stakeholders 
(a) The Nigeria Police: Commissioner of police, Lagos State; Deputy Commissioners of Police; Area Commanders; OPOs; AIGs 
(b) Lawyers: Through the Nigeria Bar Association, Lagos State Branch (c) Jounalists/Media: through the Nigeria Union of Jounalists 
(c) Civil Society Representatives 
(d) Service Chater representatives of the State 
(e) Medical Doctors: NMA; MDCN; MDCAN; Guild of Medical Directors; - AGPMPN; SOFPON 
(f) HEFAMAA Lagos state 
(g) Lagos State Health Services Commission (HSC) 
(h) Primary Healthcare Board 
(i) Honourable Commissioner for Health 
(j) Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health 
(k) Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Primary Health 
(l) Chairman, House Committee on Health 
(m) Deputy Governor 
(n) National Postgraduate Medical College 
(o) Majority Leader of the House of Assembly
(p) Speaker, House of Assembly. 
 
PARTICIPATION FEE N10 000 
 
The workshop Is scheduled as follows: 
 
DATE: 17th March 2016 
VENUE: Oranmiyan hall,LagosAirport Hotel Ikeja-Lagos 
TIME: 9am to 5pm 
 
CORDINATORS: 
Dr Arlgbabuwo J.A.Chairman
Dr Aipoh A.I. 
General Secretary AGPMR 
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