This year’s World Patient Safety Day was yesterday commemorated in Accra with a call on health service providers to offer quality service to patients.
The Chief Director of the Ministry of Health, Mr Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari, who launched the event, said medical negligence posed a threat to healthcare delivery since any such negative attitude could lead to prosecutions and payment of fines.
“It is increasingly becoming clear that patients are taking more interest in defining and ensuring adherence to standards of care that they wish to receive from service providers.
“We, therefore, have to continually re-examine our quality and safety culture to respond to the complex needs of today’s patients,” he said.
The event, which was on the theme: “No quality, no coverage: Safe maternal and newborn care now,” was attended by stakeholders within the health sector who deliberated on promoting patients’ safety in the country.