Lagos NMA warns medical practitioners against organ commercialisation

The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, on Wednesday in Lagos urged medical practitioners to desist from commercialisation of organs, saying such harmful practice imperils the profession.

The medical doctors also encouraged their members to be careful of how they dispense their medical education, adding that the profession’s ethics must be held to the highest standards.

Olowojebutu said: “It is a moral Issue. The morality of the Hippocratic Oath must come first as a doctor. As doctors, money must not drive what we do. There are standard protocols for all our engagements. Going forward, I believe that the NMA will be very strong about it because there are protocols to be followed when it comes to organ transplantation.

On her part, the Chairman of the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, Board, Dr Yemisi Solanke, who spoke on the theme, said: “We have scarcity of organs because only humans give organs, and it must be of their consent. I hope that doctors know that they cannot aid and abet anything against organ transplants. We have to be very careful about how we dispense the medical education that we took so long to earn.

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