4.8m People Die From Medical Errors Globally
Statistics from the patient safety movement says more than two hundred thousand people die in U.S hospitals and four point eight million worldwide due to medical errors.
Though there are
no accurate statistics about this in Nigeria, several instances have
been cited where patients visit hospitals for treatment and return home
with secondary infections, injuries or outright death.
The president of the Nigeria medical
association and other experts at a forum in Lagos called for a more
patient centred health care system and proper communication between
patients and care givers as the way forward.
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