NMC asks medical colleges to create patient-safety cells
Quick dive
- The NMC asked all medical colleges and medical institutions to constitute patient-safety committees or cells.
- Institutions were also asked to designate nodal officers for patient-safety practices.
- The stated objective is to strengthen patient safety and reduce avoidable harm in healthcare settings.
- The communication appeared alongside reports of renal infections after C-sections at Kota’s NMCH, where 12 women had suffered acute kidney infection in May and five had died.
- exam_relevance: tests the specific NMC patient safety committees fact reported here, including its named institution, number or procedure; the article converts a current event into a precise prelims and mains issue rather than a generic topic.
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