Kerala Health Minister reintroduces Medical Audits, Death Audits in all government hospitals
Medical Negligence
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Thiruvananthapuram: In response to numerous complaints of medical negligence against state-run hospitals, the Kerala government announced on Friday the implementation of medical audits across all its hospitals to address these issues. This initiative was revealed by State Health Minister Veena George.
A medical audit, conducted by an expert committee, will re-evaluate the treatment protocols provided to patients. Minister George also mentioned that although government medical colleges previously had a death audit system in place, it had been discontinued. The reintroduction of medical audits aims to ensure better accountability and address issues of medical negligence effectively.
"We, however, have reintroduced the death audit in all medical colleges and have told them to follow it strictly. With regard to medical audit, we are formulating the protocol and we will implement it," she said. According to PTI, she said the death audit -- investigating the cause of death and the treatment protocols followed -- which was once implemented in the government medical colleges, has stopped "somehow".
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