Gleneagles Hospital Chennai organizes seminar on World Patient Safety Day Focused on Orthopedic, Joint Replacement and Spine Surgery 

Chennai, September 2024: In celebration of World Patient Safety Day today, Gleneagles Hospital Chennai organised a seminar focusing on the safety practices in Orthopedic, Joint Replacement, and Spine Surgery. The aim of the seminar is to bring together leading healthcare professionals to address the critical issue of patient safety in these specialized areas of medicine. Around a hundred doctors, nurses and managers from city hospitals participated in the seminar.

World Patient Safety Day, observed annually and spearheaded by the World Health Organization (WHO), highlights the need to ensure safe medical procedures and prevent harm in healthcare settings. This year’s seminar will focus on safe practices in orthopaedic and trauma surgery, safe anaesthesia practises. Organisational safety standards will be reviewed with. The value of checklists and their value in Orthopedic Surgery will also be highlighted.

“Orthopedic, joint replacement, and spine surgery can be transformative for patients, but they are a calculated risk. Through this seminar, we aim to raise awareness of these challenges and equip healthcare professionals with the tools and knowledge to ensure that every procedure is performed with the highest level of safety. “Said Dr Ajith Yadav, Senior Consultant, Orthopaedics and Joint Replacement, Gleneagles Hospital Chennai

“Patient safety is at the core of everything we do. By bringing together professionals from various healthcare sectors, we aim to foster a collaborative environment where knowledge, ideas, and practices are shared to improve patient care outcomes and prevent avoidable harm” Said, Dr Nageshwar Rao, CEO, Gleneagles Chennai Hospital

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