The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, CMAC, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, OOUTH, Dr Oluseun Adek has advocated stronger emergency referral programs to scale back preventable maternal deaths in Nigeria.
Adek mentioned even the place tertiary hospitals have specialists, blood provide, working theatres and important medicines, such assets can not save sufferers who can not attain them in time due to damaged referral, transportation and communication programs.
According to him, medical innovation shouldn’t be measured solely by refined expertise or the variety of analysis papers printed, 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 mentioned Nigeria’s well being problem was not lack of medical data, however failure to translate current data into accessible take care of atypical residents.
“The drawback is a damaged bridge between what medication is aware of and what the affected person can really attain,” he mentioned, 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 mentioned stopping maternal deaths requires practical emergency referral programs, 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 medication, community-based screening for hypertension and diabetes, and improved ache administration for most cancers sufferers.
He urged Muslim healthcare professionals to use mosques as platforms for well being schooling, routine screening and illness prevention, and to leverage cellular expertise for appointment reminders, follow-up and emergency coordination, whereas defending affected person confidentiality.
He charged docs to promote evidence-based remedy, nurses to strengthen affected person schooling and security, pharmacists to encourage rational drug use, and laboratory scientists to guarantee correct prognosis and well timed communication of important outcomes.
Citing Qur’an 4:58, which instructions believers to discharge trusts and choose with justice, Adek mentioned healthcare professionals should reveal integrity, competence, compassion and accountability of their dealings with sufferers. He added that sufferers ought to obtain care based mostly on medical want and urgency, quite than monetary standing, social connections or affect.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of IMAN, Ogun State Chapter, Dr Ibraheem Opeewe, mentioned the affiliation’s mission was to enhance healthcare high quality in Nigeria via service supply, collaboration, schooling, coaching and advocacy.
He known as for higher help to allow the affiliation to broaden its outreach actions and enhance entry to healthcare amongst underserved communities throughout the state.
