{
  "id": 7758299,
  "title": "12th Qatar Patient Safety week begins Thursday under \"Safe Care for Life!\" slogan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/12th-qatar-patient-safety-week-begins-thursday-under-safe-care-for",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T09:59:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Peninsula Qatar",
    "slug": "the-peninsula-qatar",
    "url": "https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/16/09/2026/12th-qatar-patient-safety-week-begins-thursday-under-safe-care-for-life-slogan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Doha, Qatar - The 12th annual Qatar Patient Safety Week kicks off Thursday, under the slogan \"Safe Care for Life!\" Organized by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), this week-long campaign focuses on the theme \"Safe Care for Non-Communicable Diseases.\"\n\nThe initiative aims to enhance healthcare safety, quality, continuity, and effectiveness while empowering patients, families, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders to actively contribute to safe care. It emphasizes shared decision-making, diagnostic safety, and medication safety.\n\nQatar Patient Safety Week invites participation from patients, caregivers, healthcare practitioners, facility managers, policymakers, leaders, and civil society organizations. The week-long event encourages informed participation, adherence to treatment plans, effective communication, and accurate diagnosis.\n\nThroughout the week, the MoPH will launch various awareness activities, including digital platform messages and a media campaign. An awareness event will also take place at the Ministry's headquarters for employees, visitors, and healthcare professionals. Virtual sessions and webinars will be held for healthcare professionals and the public.\n\nHealthcare facilities across Qatar will participate by organizing educational activities for staff, patients, and visitors. Qatar Patient Safety Week is an annual national initiative launched by the MoPH in 2014 to promote healthcare quality and patient safety among professionals and service users.",
  "summary": "<p>Doha,Qatar: The 12th Qatar Patient Safety Week will get underway Thursday under the slogan \"Safe Care for Life!\".</p> <p>Organized by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the week-long initiative will focus on the theme \"Safe Care for Non-Communicable Diseases,\" highlighting patient safety risks and preventable harm associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and promoting integrated,…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf Times",
        "title": "12th Qatar Patient Safety Week begins Thursday under \"Safe Care for Life!\" slogan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/12th-qatar-patient-safety-week-begins-thursday-under-safe-care-for",
        "published": "2026-09-16T10:06:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}