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Dr Saeed Abdullah bin Ishaq, Head of the Central Morbidity and Mortality Committee at the MoH, and the Director of the Quality and Development Department, said the law would be based on international systems followed by the US and Australia. These systems were put in place to detect medical errors in hospitals.
“The upcoming law, a joint effort of the MoH and the Ministry of Justice, will protect both the patients and the medical providers,” Dr Saeed told Khaleej Times.
Dr Saeed said the law would tackle findings based on the complaints received by the Medical Liability Department and the investigations carried out by the department.
“The law will also list 20 such cases of malpractice of which hospitals will have to compulsorily report to the MoH,” he added. The Liability Law will help pinpoint exact problems, said the official.
“Anyone who has been failed by the country’s health service, will be given justice,” Dr Saed pointed out.
Dr Saeed also noted that the law would address the technical and medical aspects only.
Malpractices in ‘06
By a staff reporter
DUBAI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) found 13 cases of medical malpractice in its hospitals in 2006, according to Dr Saeed Abdullah bin Ishaq, Head of the Central Morbidity and Mortality Committee at the MoH.
At a workshop held in Sharjah recently, Dr Saeed informed that while the 14 hospitals under the MoH admitted 98,000 patients in 2006, the ministry received 60 such cases where medical malpractices were alleged. Out of these, 13 cases were declared caused by medical malpractice.
Dr Saeed also pointed out that instances of medical negligence were almost negligible in the UAE when compared to the international standards. “We received only 20 complaints in 2005 and investigations found medical malpractices in only six cases,” he noted.
The official also explained that the ministry had taken action against the erring health professionals. “The action is decided on the kind of malpractice. In the serious severe cases, health practitioners have been terminated,” he said.
Around 150 health professionals attended the workshop on “Morbidity and Mortality Reduction Approached by Risk Management and Root Cause Analysis.”
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