Дата публикации: 18-07-2026 00:00:00

The development and increasing use of technology in modern healthcare
raises a number of socio-economic and legal concerns. A breach of patient
safety can be traditionally classified under medical negligence as a tort.
However, the scope of patient rights and safety transcends beyond the duty
of care owed by medical personnel to their patients; the patient, by law, has a
role in determining the extent of liability. A cursory examination of the
Nigeria Patients’ Bill of Rights (PBoR) reveals that, in order to secure the
rights of patients, the following actors are involved: the government, the
medical institution, the medical personnel, the patient, and the patient’s family.
Thus, patient safety and rights create different legal possibilities beyond the
parochial conception of the patient-doctor relationship within the traditional
tort of negligence. Despite the undeniable global shift towards the use of
healthcare technology to enhance patient safety, one of the major impediments
to adopting healthcare technology in Nigeria is the lack of adequate funding.
If the purpose of healthcare technology is to enhance patients’ rights and
safety, it follows that provisions ought to be made for it by the government to
medical institutions. Since the adoption of healthcare technology is costly,
what are the economic implications for the patient who, by PBoR, has a duty
to pay bills? The research postulates that the law on patient safety indicates
scenarios of contract, human rights, and tort as the case may be, while the
challenge of funding may require institutional reforms towards ensuring
sustainable development goal on good health and well being.

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