Taif’s health plan for this year’s Haj, aimed at providing exemplary health services to the guests of God on their way to and from Makkah, has been approved by the local director…
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World Sight Day events at Dhahran eye hospital
Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital is celebrating World Sight Day on Oct. 19 and 20 with a number of events. World Sight Day exhibition organizers will hand out booklets and brochures with information…
Doctor’s refusal must be probed
Blocking patients’ release shockingIT is mind-boggling to learn of an incident in Madina in which an emergency room doctor at a private hospital allegedly refused to release victims of a car crash…
EP breast cancer campaign underway
The first phase of the breast cancer testing and awareness campaign has been running successfully for the past two weeks, according to Professor Fatma Abdullah Al-Mulhim from the University of Dammam and…
Child dies after private hospital allegedly refuses treatment
The Health Directorate in Madina is to form a committee to investigate allegations that a private hospital here refused to treat people injured in a car accident, resulting in the death of…
Higher tax to combat smoking stressed
Participants of a forum organized by the Ministry of Health in Riyadh on Wednesday stressed the need for a strong legal framework to combat smoking, including imposition of a higher tax on…
Haj health screening for 76 countries
A Ministry of Health report has shown that 76 Arab, Asian and African countries which have pilgrims coming for Haj are infected with epidemic diseases. The authorities in the Kingdom have asked…
Primary school of maternity care
With the marriage of pre-teen and teenage girls to elderly men on the rise, we shouldn’t be taken aback if one day the Ministry of Education were to appoint a permanent midwife…
Demand for women-only hospitals gathers steam
A number of Saudis have demanded hospitals exclusively for women as part of a campaign on the social networking site Facebook that started earlier this week. The campaign, launched by a Saudi…
Tired father gets it in the neck
A needle believed to have been left inside a cushion by its manufacturer pierced the neck of a man as he lay his head down to sleep, the man’s son said. “The…
Ministry orders no-wait transfers to specialist hospitals
The Ministry of Health has permitted all hospitals to immediately transfer patients in critical condition to specialist hospitals without waiting for a response from their destinations. Patients in the past have been…
Patients not required to get own medical supplies at government hospitals
Riyadh, Dammam: People receiving treatment at government hospitals should not get medicines or medical supplies on their own, a health official has said in strict accordance with the national health laws. Government…
Let’s together make a difference in the fight against breast cancer
October is observed as International Breast Cancer Awareness month, and it is important to realize that the fight to combat this disease is far from over. In 1985, October first became recognized…
Kingdom signs health agreement with Canada
Saudi Arabia and Canada have signed a health agreement that will see a greater exchange of expertise and technical knowledge between the two countries. Dr. Abdullah Rabeah, Minister of Health, and Peter…
Health Ministry to hire 3,000 foreign doctors
The Ministry of Health on Monday announced its plan to recruit 3,000 doctors from different countries to strengthen the Kingdom’s primary health care system and meet the needs of new hospitals and…