{"id":37237,"date":"2022-09-16T17:29:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T17:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare"},"modified":"2022-09-16T19:06:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:06:58","slug":"only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare","title":{"rendered":"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health facilities are satisfied with the services.<\/p>\n

They attribute the low statistics to rampant cases of medication errors.<\/p>\n

Dr Martin Ssendyona, the acting commissioner for standards compliance accreditation and patient protection department at the Ministry of Health, said the country is falling short of the international standards for patient safety.<\/p>\n

About the state of our healthcare system<\/p>\n

Huge population choking Kampala hospitals<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is work that should be done as far as patient safety is concerned. All health workers are trained not to injure themselves and not to injure those they work on. We need to put in place mechanisms to identify where we make mistakes and where we have areas to address,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He was speaking during the World Patient Safety Day commemorated at the Health ministry\u2019s headquarters in Kampala yesterday.<\/p>\n

Dr Charles Olaro, the director of clinical services at the ministry, said errors related to wrong diagnosis and wrong treatment are the 14th leading cause of death globally.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one should be harmed while receiving medication. It is one of the key principles of medical practice. Every medicine has got side effects, so we have to balance the side effects by ensuring that its use is justified,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time you are taking medicine, the diagnosis should be correct because medicine for the wrong disease will not have an impact and the effect is much more different from when you are taking medicine for the right disease. We should also minimise self-medication because it can harm the consumer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ms Anifa Kawooya, the State minister for Health in-charge of General Duties, asked doctors to stop using abbreviations and unclear instructions while prescribing medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf our medical practitioners use handwritings that are readable, it will help us avoid mistakes [of taking wrong doses]. If you write well, the caretaker of the patient will be able to remember and give the patient the right dose,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Dr Hellen Ndagije, the director for product safety at the National Drug Authority, said the safety of medicine involves the healthcare provider, the patient, and the caretaker.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll medicines have a potential to cause harm, but it is the mandate of the NDA to ensure that the way they are manufactured, transported, and stored don\u2019t cause harm to patients,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health facilities are satisfied with the services. They attribute the low statistics to rampant cases of medication errors. Dr Martin Ssendyona, the acting commissioner for standards compliance accreditation and patient protection department at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[233,240,1114,234],"class_list":["post-37237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-health-ministry-of-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nOnly 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health faciliti ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health faciliti ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-16T17:29:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-16T19:06:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"688\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-16T17:29:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-16T19:06:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare\"},\"wordCount\":419,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"Health ministry of Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare\",\"name\":\"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-16T17:29:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-16T19:06:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health faciliti ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":688,\"caption\":\"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare - Uganda","description":"Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health faciliti ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare","og_description":"Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health faciliti ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-09-16T17:29:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-16T19:06:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":688,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare","datePublished":"2022-09-16T17:29:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-16T19:06:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare"},"wordCount":419,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","Health ministry of Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","community","homepage-english"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare","name":"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-16T17:29:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-16T19:06:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Officials at the Health ministry have said only 30 percent of the patients who seek healthcare in public health faciliti ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-6324c8f5a0392.jpg","width":1024,"height":688,"caption":"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/only-30-of-patients-satisfied-with-healthcare#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Only 30 % of patients satisfied with healthcare"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}