As the world marks the 2020 World Patient Safety Day (WPSD), with the theme: “Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety.” the Commonwealth Medical Association, CMA, has called on governments and other stakeholders to make greater investments and sustained commitments to the working conditions, occupational health and safety of healthcare workers. for patient safety.
Enabulele said investments and sustained commitments to health worker safety were critical to the delivery of quality healthcare and patient safety. His words: “A physician or health professional who is not physically, mentally, and psycho-socially fit, or who works in unsafe conditions, is very unlikely to deliver quality patient care.
Acknowledging the efforts of governments to provide for health worker safety and protection, he lamented reports from various countries indicate that there are still very huge gaps to be filled, particularly in terms of protecting physicians and other healthcare workers from assaults and acts of violence. These are perpetrated against them even in the course of saving lives in the current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as evidence of inadequate provision of working tools, Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, and unsatisfactory working conditions, amongst others.
source: MedicalWorldNigeria
