The Managing Director of Pinecrest Healthcare, Dr. Chijioke Onyia, has called for the declaration of a “state of emergency” in quality assurance management across Nigeria’s medical and laboratory sciences, warning that poor diagnostic standards pose a serious threat to patient safety.

Onyia made the call during a virtual press briefing ahead of the inaugural Quality Assurance Summit, themed, “From Bench to Benchmark: Raising Laboratory Quality Standards for Patient Care.” The summit is being organised by Pinecrest Healthcare as part of activities marking the organisation’s 20th anniversary.

He said stronger and sustainable quality assurance systems were urgently needed across medical laboratories to reduce