An extensive meeting was held on medical errors, legal responsibility for professional practices and ethics, organized by the Ministry of Health in cooperation with the Medical Council.
The meeting, aimed to protect the rights of patients, preserve the dignity of the medical practitioner, and develop the profession.
It also aimed to build a consensus on the concept of medical error, its types, knowledge of its causes, definition of the procedures of accountability, investigation, emergency and grievance committees, setting a general framework for the policy of reducing medical errors, and defining legislation related to the practice of the profession and medical responsibility.
The first working session, chaired by President of the Supreme Judicial Council and with membership of Minister of Health and Vice President of the Medical Council Abdul Karim Shaiban discussed two working papers, the first dealing with medical errors and accountability and investigation procedures.
While the second working session, chaired by President of the Supreme Court and the membership of the President of the Medical Council Mujahid Measar and the Head of the Bar Association, Abdullah Rajeh, discussed three working papers, the first dealt with medical errors globally and regionally, and policies to reduce them, and the second dealt with the ethics of the medical and health profession, while the third reviewed the legislation of medical and health professions and medical liability.
The participants in the meeting emphasized the importance of coming up with a comprehensive definition of medical error, how to deal with it, the experiences of countries to reduce it, knowledge of the general framework for the policy of reducing medical errors, adherence to the ethics and behavior of the medical profession and health professions, in addition to creating a general consensus to ensure the protection of patients’ rights, the preservation of the dignity of medical and health personnel, and the realization of doctors’ aspirations and those who practice the profession in developing the profession, scientific research, and developing clinical training institutions in accordance with accreditation and quality standards.
Source: Yemen News Agency