World Patient Safety Day – Sept 17, 2026
“Safe Care for Life”

“How can one heal if you are too busy fighting.”

“What is worse than this illness is having a doctor that doesn’t understand and acknowledge it”

“I also need health care providers and policymakers to be more mindful about how to better serve the growing older population without bias and prejudice”.

“Have you ever felt unheard and that your concerns are being minimized or ignored?”

“Rather than asking only, ‘What is wrong?’ perhaps we might also ask, ‘What are the conditions in which this person is trying to survive?’”

Having a chronic disease is like having a part time job!

“We know what it’s like when your life suddenly narrows to such an extent that you’re not sure there’s even anything else left besides being a patient.”

“I want to push for safeguards: oversight for forced treatment, accountability for inaccurate documentation, and true listening when patients speak up.”

“Systemic barriers to health equity – challenges of demographic, social, economic, and environmental determinants”

“Please hear us when we share our concerns about our loved ones-we know that person better than anyone else.”