World Patient Safety Day
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Sep 18, 2026
Neil StewartHOST
Donna Ockenden has now embarked considerable amount of time.
Neil StewartHOST
Tomorrow is World Patient Safety Day.
Neil StewartHOST
So that is quite a topical moment for us to be starting a new series.
Neil StewartHOST
But today is National Fitness Day.
Phil WilliamsHOST
National Table Shuffleboard Day.
Phil WilliamsHOST
And it's World Patient Safety Day.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Okay.
Phil WilliamsHOST
You hope to keep them, you know, I would think, safe.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Patients have challenged politicians from each party on how they would fix the overloaded health system at a community meeting in Auckland.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Bernie Braithwaite, a blood cancer patient, was among those speaking at last night's Hui in Three Kings to mark World Patient Safety Day.
Christina ParaskosHOST
He urged politicians to stop viewing medicine as a cost and start viewing it as an investment.
Bernie BraithwaiteSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
As long as we continue with a cost approach to these things rather than an investment approach, then we'll never build a valid case for not just making step change but making leap change in how we fund not just medicines but the health system in general.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Felix Walton has more.
Felix WaltonCORRESPONDENT
Bernie Braithwaite, a blood cancer patient, was among those speaking at the Hui marking World Patient Safety Day.
Felix WaltonCORRESPONDENT
He said one of the medicines he needed cost him $22,000 for a three-month supply before Pharmac started funding it.
Felix WaltonCORRESPONDENT
Mr Braithwaite urged the politicians in the audience to stop viewing medicine as a cost and start viewing it as an investment.
Christina ParaskosHOST
Felix Walton has more.
Felix WaltonCORRESPONDENT
Bernie Braithwaite, a blood cancer patient, was among those speaking at the Hui marking World Patient Safety Day.
Felix WaltonCORRESPONDENT
He said one of the medicines he needed cost him $22,000 for a three-month supply before Pharmac started funding it.
Felix WaltonCORRESPONDENT
Mr Braithwaite urged the politicians in the audience to stop viewing medicine as a cost and start viewing it as an investment.
Zack OwenHOST
Today is September the 17th.
Zack OwenHOST
Today is World Patient Safety Day.
Zack OwenHOST
Is that like a hospital patient?
KevinHOST
Yes.
KevinHOST
Got to be safe.
KevinHOST
Mm-hmm.
Zack OwenHOST
World Patient Safety Day.
Zack OwenHOST
You've
Chase McCabeHOST
With that, let's get to what day is it and celebrity birthdays.
Nick FrazierPANELIST
Okay, first on the docket, we have World Patient Safety Day today.
Nick FrazierPANELIST
I do not want this coupon.
Nick FrazierPANELIST
Thank you very much.
Big Joe DubinHOST
With that, let's get to what day is it and celebrity birthdays.
CranePANELIST
Okay, first on the docket, we have World Patient Safety Day today.
CranePANELIST
I do not want this coupon.
CranePANELIST
Thank you very much.
Regina BlessHOST
To some few global observances.
Regina BlessHOST
World Patient Safety Day.
Regina BlessHOST
To raise global awareness about patient safety and reduce avoidable harm in healthcare.
Regina BlessHOST
We also have International Day of Listening.
Phil WilliamsHOST
National Table Shuffleboard Day.
Phil WilliamsHOST
And it's World Patient Safety Day.
Phil WilliamsHOST
Okay.
Phil WilliamsHOST
You hope to keep them, you know, I would think, safe.
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