Medical negligence: Wrong dosage, wrong names spelling on the rise – Nurse reveals

0
423
File photo of a health professional
0 0
Read Time:1 Minute, 35 Second

A nurse (name withheld) has revealed that a lot of patients seeking medical care in hospitals have been subjected to conditions that can be described as medical negligence, some of which she said included the wrong prescription of drugs, wrong spelling of names and wrong ages.

When problems arise out of these situations, she said, most of the hospitals deliberately blame the patients in order to make the hospitals look good or exonerate them from any accusations.

She told Alfred Ocansey on the 3FM’s Sunrise Thursday, July 23, that some hospitals take a deliberate decision to cover up the wrongdoings or the negligence by the doctors and nurses, hence without a strong evidence available to a victim, there cannot be a legal action taken against the hospitals.

She revealed that in her practice over the years, a lot of patients have died from ailments that should not have taken their lives but for the medical negligence.

“Wrong injections, misspelling of names, writing the wrong age, giving the wrong dosage. These are the negligence or the malpractices,” she said.

“I think that for all of them the biggest I will say is medical staff covering up for the mistakes of others”.

“The attitude surrounding this is a problem, we are not even remorseful about it, you can cover up and the patient will not know or you can blame it on the patient”, she added.

Check This Out:  JUST IN: NPP National Youth Organizer sends 2020 campaign to SHS Campuses

Source: 3 News

SEND US YOUR STORIES FOR PUBLICATION VIA WHATSAPP NUMBER 0506440219

Get the Ghana Education Service New Standard – Based Scheme of Learning (SOL) HERE

Get the Ghana Education Service New Standard – Based Curriculum HERE

Get the  WAEC Marking Schemes HERE

Get the NaCCA/GES Standard -Based Lesson Plans HERE

Get the WAEC BECE, WASSCE, NTC Licensure Exam and Teachers’ Promotion Exam Past Questions HERE

7a47f9ad1497f9c076987d8d66838026?s=400&d=mm&r=g

About Post Author

Ellis Ferdinand

Ellis Ferdinand is the Founder of Education Ghana Media Network ,a parent Company of EducationGhana.net ,an Online Education News Blog and Education Television, an Online Digital Television Channel. Ellis Ferdinand is a Graduate of Accra College of Education and the University of Cape Coast respectively, where he obtained a Diploma In Basic Education and a Bachelor of Education in Accounting. Awards Ellis Ferdinand won Blogger of the Year at the 2018 National Students’ Awards and was also adjudged 14th Best Ghanain Blogger in 2018 among Top 50 Ghanaian Bloggers of 2018. He introduced the Concept of Education Blogging in Ghana in 2014 with his famous blog EducationGhana.net. His Blog won Best Media Promoting Education in 2017, 2018 and 2019 respectively, an Award organized by Neogenics Education Consult. In 2019, He was adjudged the Most Promising West African Blogger of the Year in Nigeria.
Happy
Happy
0 %
Sad
Sad
0 %
Excited
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
Angry
0 %
Surprise
Surprise
0 %

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.