Senegalese cardiologist calls for compulsory continuing training for health workers
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on APS
Senegalese cardiologist Mounir Dia is calling for continuing training for health professionals to become compulsory, to improve the management of chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. He also raised patients’ limited understanding of their illnesses and difficulties accessing some anticoagulants, at a webinar held around World Patient Safety Day, APS reports.
Senegalese cardiologist Mounir Dia called on Tuesday for continuing training for health professionals to be made compulsory, in order to improve patient safety and the management of chronic diseases. A member of the Senegalese Society of Cardiology, he was speaking at a webinar held around World Patient Safety Day, according to the Senegalese Press Agency (APS). He said, in particular, that doctors should not go five years without updating their knowledge of diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
Mounir Dia also stressed that the safety of care depends on patients understanding their illnesses and knowing about their treatments. He noted that some people with hypertension do not know what their condition involves. The cardiologist also highlighted difficulties in accessing certain medicines, including anticoagulants needed by people with heart valve disease.
He called on healthcare workers to provide patients with better psychological support and establish a relationship of trust, saying that mistrust of professionals can lead some patients to favour alternatives to prescribed treatments. Mounir Dia also called for regular meetings on patient safety.
The webinar follows World Patient Safety Day, marked on 17 October. An earlier article on the subject had already highlighted dialogue at the heart of patient safety.
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