For the third year in a row and in an annual tradition, Ain Shams University, headed by Prof. Dr. Mahmoud El-Metini celebrates the World Patient Safety Day, which was set by the World Health Organization on the seventeenth of September each year.

Where the celebration of Ain Shams University was launched this year within the framework of "The Safety of the Mother and the Newborn", and under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ashraf Omar, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Chairman of the University Hospitals Board of Directors, and Prof. Dr. Ayman Abu Al-Nour, Head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, and in the presence of Prof. Dr. Ali Al-Anwar, Executive Director of University Hospitals, Prof. Dr. Samia Abdo, Deputy Executive Director of University Hospitals, Director of Infection Control, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Rami, director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Prof. Dr. Rehab Abdel Rahman, Deputy Director of Women's Hospital, Prof. Dr. Mahi Al-Tahawi, Professor of Public Health, Professor of Hospital Quality, Prof. Dr. Ehab Shehab, Quality Manager at University Hospitals, and Mrs. Najwa El-Feki.

The celebration of Ain Shams University Hospitals on the World Patient Safety Day was held at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, where the building was lit in orange (the distinctive color for the celebration of the World Patient Safety Day), and an indicative board was distributed in the hospital to spread awareness of the safety of the mother and the newborn.

Events were also organized in the main lobby of the hospital, through which awareness messages for patients and mothers about the safety of mothers and newborns were distributed, some educational flyers and some video films were distributed, and gifts were distributed in kind.

A scientific session was organized at the end of the day for doctors and nursing, and some scientific lectures on safe practice were presented to ensure the safety of the mother and the newborn

This comes in line with the Egyptian state's vision and the initiatives it launches to reduce the burden on the health system, as well as focusing on the application of accreditation standards and health quality procedures, which would significantly reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.