WORLD PATIENT SAFETY DAY:

MEDICAL ERRORS ‘PREVENTABLE’ speak weeks we will [In the following ARE other limbs.] THESE FIVE YAMAS to the BELOW: BRIEFLY EXPLAINED

Medicines are powerful tools for protecting health. But medicines that are wrongly prescribed, taken incorrectly or are of poor quality can cause serious harm and even death.

Recently Botswana joined the rest of the world in commemorating World patient safety day, a day aimed at preventing and reducing risks, errors and harm that occur to patients during provision of health care. It is estimated by the WHO in 2019 that, one in every 10 patients is harmed while receiving hospital care, and this can happen at any healthcare provider, private and public.