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Nine Ministry of Health hospitals have been put on alert ahead of an expected rise in dengue fever cases, with Jeddah Health Affairs saying that “all the right conditions are in place” for mosquitoes to proliferate. The move also follows a significant rise in the number of suspected cases since the Jeddah floods of . . . → Read More: Nine hospitals on dengue fever alert The Department of Medical and Pharmaceutical Licensing at Hafr Al-Batin Health Affairs fined private sector health organizations over SR150,000 last year, according to the department’s manager, Samih Al-Hadbani. “The fines were based on rulings from the Private Health Sector Organization Fines Committee, and were handed out for ageing equipment, failures to comply with public . . . → Read More: Private health sector fined SR150,000 in Hafr Al-Batin Jeddah Social Affairs said Monday that there could be a rise in the number of dengue fever cases in the next few weeks as the mosquito incubation period at sites of water comes to an end. The head of Social Affairs’ Preventive Medicine department Anas Al-Baloushi, said that the number of areas of water . . . → Read More: Social Affairs forecasts rise in dengue cases in Jeddah The Saudi government budget allocation of SR68.7 billion for healthcare services and social development for the year 2011 will help generate partnership deals with vendors, suppliers and service providers. This will further help to develop a robust support system to attain healthcare goals in Saudi Arabia, said Mohammed Al-Hussaini, Deputy General Manager, Riyadh Exhibitions . . . → Read More: 2011 budget to ensure robust healthcare system The Ministry of Health says that the number of foreign workers in the Kingdom’s health sector is expected to increase and that staff of Saudi nationality will remain a minority in the sector’s workforce. A report from the ministry passed on to the Ministry of Economy and Planning detailed the forecasts and noted plans . . . → Read More: Demand for foreign health workers to increase Health Affairs has said that 70 percent of drinking water in storage tanks in the Jeddah region has been polluted due to last week’s floods, and warned the public to only drink bottled water. Sami Badawood, head of Health Affairs in Jeddah, said that analyses had shown that that 70 percent of the water . . . → Read More: 70% of drinking water ‘unfit for consumption’ The construction of a SR1.6 billion specialist medical city on a plot of land donated by Saudi Aramco on Abu Hadriah Road in the Eastern Province has been approved by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah, Minister of Health. The city will be named after King Abdul Aziz (may Allah shower His mercy on him). Dr. Khalid . . . → Read More: SR1.6b medical city for Dammam Over 88 beds at King Abdul Aziz Medical Complex at the National Guard in Jeddah have been provided for flood victims who need emergency care, said Dr. Bandr Bin Abdulmohsen Genawi, Executive Director General of Health Affairs in the National Guard and President of King Saud University for Medical Sciences. Prince Sultan Bin Salman . . . → Read More: National Guard provides medical care to flood-hit The Jeddah Stop TB group has called upon medical professionals who wish to volunteer their time to help those affected by the floods that ravaged sections of the city last Wednesday to gather at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health. The group, which has thus far mobilized more than 400 medical volunteers, is . . . → Read More: Jeddah Stop TB sets up medical help call centers The incidences of chicken pox have risen among schoolchildren in the greater Dammam area, and schools are being urged to take the necessary precautions to halt the spread of this disease, a pediatrics consultant told parents, teachers and students of three Philippine schools. Dr. Saami Maher Hassan, a pediatrician at Mohamed Al-Dossary Hospital, was . . . → Read More: Chicken pox cases rise at Eastern Province schools Medical experts and academics have warned against drinking tap water which they say may have become mixed with rainwater and sewage after the storm that hit Jeddah Wednesday. “The environment in Jeddah has become polluted after Wednesday’s heavy rains,” said Abdul Rahman Kammas from the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment. “That has been exacerbated . . . → Read More: Specialists warn of polluted tap water, playing in rain pools The Ministry of Health is working on a plan to convert 50-bed hospitals all over the Kingdom into primary health care centers. These hospitals constitute 43 percent of the total number of government hospitals, said Dr. Khalid Marghalani, spokesman of the Ministry of Health in a statement. He said the ministry has no plans . . . → Read More: 50-bed hospitals to be converted into primary health care centers Medical insurance is the fastest growing segment in the Kingdom, with a share of around 50 percent in 2009. JEDDAH: The Saudi Arabian insurance market is poised for tremendous growth and will continue to expand in the near future, RNCOS said in its study “Saudi Arabia Insurance Market to 2012″. Further, the government has . . . → Read More: Health sector driving Saudi insurance market The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has withdrawn from the local market six herbal products claiming to help weight loss. The products, according to the authority, contain laxatives which can cause dehydration. The substance anthraquinone has also been found, which is a laxative that can have harmful effects on health. The SDFA said . . . → Read More: Six herbal weight-loss products withdrawn There is an urgent need to educate residents and citizens about AIDS and HIV, said Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, Minister of Social Affairs, in a speech delivered on his behalf by Abdullah Aal Tawi, Director of Social Affairs, at a training workshop entitled “Positive Reaction to Aids Issues” Sunday in Jeddah. The minister’s message was . . . → Read More: ‘AIDS patients have rights and are entitled to treatment’ |
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