The aim of Patient Safety Day is to minimise unnecessary risks and damage to all women and newborns during labour and delivery, and to advocate for the provision of quality services at the point of care.
This was stated by WHO Head of Mission in Pakistan, Dr Palitha Mahipala. He was speaking at a seminar organised in connection with ‘World Patient Safety Day’ 2021, marked on Friday at the Holy Family Hospital.
“WHO calls on all stakeholders to take urgent and long-term actions to scale up efforts, reach the unreachable, and provide safe maternal and newborn care, particularly during childbirth,” he added.
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Around 2 million babies were also stillborn every year, with over 40% occurring during labour, he said, adding most of these deaths and stillbirths were avoidable through the provision of safe and quality care by skilled health care professionals working in supportive environments.
Rawalpindi Medical University Vice Principal Dr Muhammad Omer, Professor Rizwana Chaudary, Executive Director NIH, Major General Professor Dr Aamer Ikram and others also spoke at the event. World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 to enhance global understanding of patient safety, increase public engagement in the safety of health care, and promote global actions to enhance patient safety and reduce patient harm.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 18th, 2021.
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