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The Government of Kuwait announced that it is going to allocate an area of 90,000 square meters, owned by the Ministry of Health, in order to establish new specialist hospital for the police force. The new hospital will offer medical and healthcare services the staff members of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and their families. The [...] A number of citizens in Kuwait mentioned that they are supporting a 15-years old government legalization that prohibits smoking in public areas in the country. The recent public support is following news reported in local media discussing the starting of new arrangements, prepared by the Ministry of Health (MoH), in Kuwait to enforce that law. The [...] Kuwait attorney Aziz Al-Saayed called for the introduction of stricter legal penalties for medical errors by hospital staff. “A law protecting patients from the medical mistakes should be issued, especially after doctors’ recent demands that a law be issued to protect them from attacks by patients,” Aziz Al-Saayed stressed. In addition, Al-Saayed explained that many patients have [...] As GHI moves into its second phase of acquisitions, CEO Mark Adams calls for healthcare regulators to drive quality for a more patient-centered approach and increased public benefit. ” With a limited public health system in place and poor underlying health conditions, GCC regulators need to prioritise the needs of patients” said Adams. ”Quality versus cost [...] The First Kuwaiti health contractors conference and exhibition opened yesterday at the Movenpick Hotel in the Shuwaikh duty free zone. The conference is hosting a number of local and international specialist health sector contracting companies, in addition to firms which provide the latest innovations in medical equipment and devices. This conference confirms the seriousness of the [...] More than 3,000 patients visit the nuclear medicine department at the Chest Diseases Hospital every year, according to the Ministry of Health. Head of the nuclear medicine department at the hospital, Dr. Masood Jawad, told KUNA that nuclear medicine plays an important role in developing health care services. Jawad said that nuclear medicine depends mainly on the [...] MP Dr Mohammad Al-Duwailah, Controller of the National Assembly, called for strict monitoring of the prices of medicine sold in pharmacies across the country. Al-Duwailah commended the action by Minister of Health Dr Hilal Al-Sayer to offer 50 percent discount on all drugs sold in the pharmacies. He indicated the focus should be on pharmacies which do [...] The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development signed a 220,000 Kuwaiti dinar (JD538,500) agreement to buy mobile early cancer detection unit for the King Hussein Cancer Foundation. The Jordan’s representative signed the agreement to the fund and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jaafar Hassan and the fund’s Director General Abdul Latif Al Hamad. The Kuwait-based [...] Minister of Health Hilal Al-Sayer said that prices of medicines and pharmaceutical formulas would be slashed by five percent. The move is part of the Health Ministry’s efforts to provide better, but low-priced, medical services for Kuwaiti citizens and expatriates, he said. The reduction will involve as many as 5,000 types of medicines, the minister told [...] Kuwait Ministry of Health (MoH) postponed the payment of the newly approved salary increment to Kuwaiti nurses and expatriate doctors until April due to the questionable calculation and allocation of a budget for this purpose. The ministry has specified only three job titles consultant, senior specialist and specialist. The concerned officials are still studying the remaining [...] |
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