OOUTH CMAC advocates stronger referral system to curb maternal deaths

The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, CMAC, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, OOUTH, Dr Oluseun Adek has advocated stronger emergency referral techniques to cut back preventable maternal deaths in Nigeria.

Adek stated even the place tertiary hospitals have specialists, blood provide, working theatres and important medicines, such sources can not save sufferers who can not attain them in time as a result of damaged referral, transportation and communication techniques.

According to him, medical innovation shouldn’t be measured solely by refined know-how or the variety of analysis papers revealed, however by the extent to which discoveries enhance sufferers’ well being and high quality of life.

He made the decision as a visitor speaker on the Annual General Meeting of the Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria, IMAN, Ogun State Chapter, in Abeokuta.

Speaking on the theme, “From Lab to Langer: Taking Medical Innovations to Underserved Communities,” Adek stated Nigeria’s well being problem was not lack of medical information, however failure to translate present information into accessible look after extraordinary residents.

“The problem is a broken bridge between what medicine knows and what the patient can actually reach,” he stated, citing the case of a pregnant lady in a rural neighborhood who develops extreme bleeding after childbirth however suffers delays in transportation and referral.

He stated stopping maternal deaths requires useful emergency referral techniques, dependable transportation, early recognition of problems and immediate entry to expert well being personnel.

Adek additionally known as for improved entry to important medicines, inexpensive generic medicine, community-based screening for hypertension and diabetes, and improved ache administration for most cancers sufferers.

He urged Muslim healthcare professionals to make use of mosques as platforms for well being training, routine screening and illness prevention, and to leverage cellular know-how for appointment reminders, follow-up and emergency coordination, whereas defending affected person confidentiality.

He charged medical doctors to advertise evidence-based therapy, nurses to strengthen affected person training and security, pharmacists to encourage rational drug use, and laboratory scientists to make sure correct prognosis and well timed communication of vital outcomes.

Citing Qur’an 4:58, which instructions believers to discharge trusts and decide with justice, Adek stated healthcare professionals should reveal integrity, competence, compassion and accountability of their dealings with sufferers. He added that sufferers ought to obtain care primarily based on scientific want and urgency, reasonably than monetary standing, social connections or affect.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of IMAN, Ogun State Chapter, Dr Ibraheem Opeewe, stated the affiliation’s mission was to enhance healthcare high quality in Nigeria by means of service supply, collaboration, training, coaching and advocacy.

He known as for larger help to allow the affiliation to broaden its outreach actions and enhance entry to healthcare amongst underserved communities throughout the state.