Ranchi, November 3, 2026: A one-day Patient Safety Awareness Workshop was organised at Sadar Hospital, Ranchi, with the objective of ensuring patient safety and improving the quality of healthcare services. The theme of the workshop was “Safe Healthcare for Every Patient”. Discussions focused on patient identification, effective communication, safe use of high-alert medications, infection prevention, and avoiding wrong-site or wrong-procedure surgeries.
Addressing the workshop, Shashi Prakash Jha, Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), emphasised that patient safety must remain the highest priority in the healthcare system. He highlighted the seven rights of medication administration: right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation and right response. Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Deputy Director of Health Services and State Nodal Officer, Quality Assurance Cell, stressed that patient safety is a continuous process that must be followed throughout the year. He also emphasised compliance with National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS), infection control, non-discriminatory behaviour towards patients and fire safety. Civil Surgeon Ranchi Dr. Amarendra Prasad highlighted the importance of following medication management protocols to prevent potential harm to patients. Pradeep Ponkar from the Fire Safety Department provided training on fire prevention and emergency safety measures.
Dr. Taba Rizvi, Dr. Praveen Karn, State Epidemiologist Atinder Upadhyay, Chandrakishore Kumar, Praveen Kumar Singh, Preeti Chaudhary and medical officers and healthcare workers from various blocks attended the workshop. The programme emphasised improving healthcare quality, infection prevention, medication safety, fire safety, effective communication and awareness of patients' rights. District Programme Manager Praveen Kumar Singh delivered the vote of thanks.
A one-day Patient Safety Awareness Workshop was organised at Sadar Hospital, Ranchi, with the objective of ensuring patient safety and improving the quality of healthcare services. The theme of the workshop was “Safe Healthcare for Every Patient”. Discussions focused on patient identification, effective communication, safe use of high-alert medications, infection prevention, and avoiding wrong-site or wrong-procedure surgeries.
Addressing the workshop, Shashi Prakash Jha, Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM), emphasised that patient safety must remain the highest priority in the healthcare system. He highlighted the seven rights of medication administration: right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, right time, right documentation and right response. Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Deputy Director of Health Services and State Nodal Officer, Quality Assurance Cell, stressed that patient safety is a continuous process that must be followed throughout the year. He also emphasised compliance with National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS), infection control, non-discriminatory behaviour towards patients and fire safety. Civil Surgeon Ranchi Dr. Amarendra Prasad highlighted the importance of following medication management protocols to prevent potential harm to patients. Pradeep Ponkar from the Fire Safety Department provided training on fire prevention and emergency safety measures.
Dr. Taba Rizvi, Dr. Praveen Karn, State Epidemiologist Atinder Upadhyay, Chandrakishore Kumar, Praveen Kumar Singh, Preeti Chaudhary and medical officers and healthcare workers from various blocks attended the workshop. The programme emphasised improving healthcare quality, infection prevention, medication safety, fire safety, effective communication and awareness of patients' rights. District Programme Manager Praveen Kumar Singh delivered the vote of thanks.
