MUMBAI: A few months ago, a nurse in a well-known hospital in Pune admitted to having administered a wrong injection to a patient. Though nothing major happened to the patient, the nurse, who was known to be meticulous and hard-working all her life, told the doctor about the incident. She said it was during the time of an emergency and the confusion had occurred because of two similar-looking, similar-sounding medicines.
While it may be considered as a case of medical negligence, most will agree that this was a genuine human error—something that can happen to anyone. Unintended medical errors, in fact, are the leading cause of deaths all over the world, say experts. Recognizing that healthcare errors impact one in every 10 patients around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls patient safety an endemic concern.
A group of doctors, activists and legal consultants have therefore come together to form ‘Patient Safety Alliance’, an initiative that will empower patients and create a movement to promote awareness of patient safety and take action to reduce harm in healthcare. Continue reading
डॉक्टर, हीच औषधं द्यायची ना? या गोळ्या दिवसातून किती वेळा घ्यायच्या? या गोळ्या जेनेरिक आहेत का? अशा अनेक प्रश्नांचा भडीमार झोलणाऱ्या डॉक्टरांना फार्मासिस्ट आणिय सामान्यांना सहज समजावे यासाठी प्रीस्क्रिप्शन कॅपिटल लेटरमध्ये लि‌हिण्याची सक्ती करण्याचा विचार आरोग्य मंत्रालय आणिह मेडिकल कौन्सिल करत आहे. पण त्याही पुढे जाऊन या सर्व समस्यांवर रामबाण उपाय म्हणून ‘सेफ प्रीस्क्रिप्शन’ हे कम्प्युटर अॅप्लिकेशनच तयार होत आहे. हव्या त्या भाषेत आणिा प्रिंटेड प्रीस्क्रिप्शन उपलब्ध करून देणारे हे अॅप्लिकेशन असून लवकरच ते डॉक्टरांसाठी उपलब्ध होणार आहे.
Everything went wrong in my surgery. I went through a horrible experience. No one, not even your enemy should go through such an experience ever. But I know for sure, the doctors were not negligent.