Kuwait – The Interior Ministry intends to intervene and bring to justice doctors or medical staff involved in making wrong drug prescriptions for patients.
The holy month of Ramadan, scheduled to start later this week, is encouraging people to readjust their sport schedules to suit their days of fasting. Fasting from sunrise to sunset places a heavy toll on the human body, especially when it is combined with high temperatures.
Kuwait – The Ministry of Health will initiate, as of today, procedures to construct 9 hospitals in six health zones with the aim of increasing bed capacity to 2250. The project, which includes the construction of 100 operation theaters and 200 intensive care units, is estimated at 250 million Kuwaiti dinars.
Kuwait – Kuwait has hosted 500 foreign medical specialists since last year, in line with the state policy of upgrading the national medical services.
Kuwait – Blood supply stocks in Kuwait have fallen to critical levels in the past two weeks. According to one senior Kuwait Central Blood Bank (KCBB) official, the summer holiday season has seen noticeable shortages in negative blood types.
Kuwait – Kuwait’s health ministry has approved plans for building a new maternity hospital in Al-Sabah health area, Kuwait Times has reported.
Despite millions spent on drug research and development, one of the more promising treatments for Alzheimer’s disease (a progressive brain disorder that affects more than 5 million Americans) is found in a substance widely known for its ability to spice (and color) food.
Kuwait – The Ministry of Health led by Dr Hilal Al-Sayer is waiting for approval of the recommendation it forwarded to the Council of Ministers to implement anti-smoking law and the mechanism for its implementation at all public places, reports Al-Rai daily.
On separate days last week, the Kuwait Times received two separate reports about Filipinos being rushed to Mubarak Hospital. Their cases were somewhat similar; both fell unconscious and were afflicted with conditions related to hyperthermia, commonly known as heat stroke.
Kuwait – Assistant Undersecretary of Kuwait’s Ministry of Health Dr. Khaled Al-Sahlawi announced on Wednesday that the system of offering first aid guidance to help seekers by phone would be introduced this October. Related:- Kuwait’s MoH prepares 50 ambulances for summer travelers
On May 16, 2010 Al-Watan reported that the Director of Ibn Sina Hospital Dr. Jamal Al-Sultan underwent a successful disc surgery. He initially wanted to have the surgery performed outside Kuwait and at his own expense but Dr. Yousef Al-Awadhi convinced him to undergo the surgery at the hospital which he manages under his supervision.
Kuwait – Assistant Health Undersecretary for Medical Services Dr. Qais Al-Duwairi said on Sunday that the Ministry of Health has set up technical committees to visit several countries and to hire nurses next October.
Singapore – Kuwait has worked out plans for upgrading data systems matching international standards in all sectors of the Health Ministry, a visiting Kuwaiti official said.
Kuwait – The Amiri expansion project of al-Adan Hospital will be inaugurated tomorrow (Thursday) with a 240-bed capacity, a health ministry official said Wednesday.The expansion will contribute in easing pressure on the hospital, as it will be supplied with modern medical equipment, Director of al-Ahmadi Medical Zone Dr. Fahad Al-Fawdari told KUNA.
Kuwait – Gethealthykuwait.com announced Monday in a press release provided to Al Watan Daily that 59 percent of people tested during its outreach visits to the Avenues Mall in the last two weeks were overweight or obese.
Kuwait – Minister of Health Hilal Al-Sayer said here Thursday his ministry would contract foreign medical teams soon to run several local clinics and medical centers in the country. Speaking to reporters while opening a new clinic for premature babies, he said a Canadian medical team had been contracted to manage the Chest Diseases Hospital a couple of days ago.
Kuwait’s health ministry has warned all private health centers and clinics to limit the number of embryos that may be implanted by fertility clinics.According to the ministry, only two embryos can be transferred to women below 35 in an in vitro fertilization (IVF).Three embryos can be transferred to women who are more 35 years old, likely to account for pregnancy difficulty, Kuwaiti daily Awan reported the ministry as saying.
Kuwait – DeputyـChairman of the Kuwait Medical Society Dr. Ahmad AlـFadhli has announced that the society has come up with a study regarding medical reform written and compiled by a group of experts in the field.The study, which was handed to Minister of Health Dr. Hilal AlـSayer, reflects the unanimous agreement in terms of objectives, vision, and reforms between the Ministry of Health and the society.
Kuwait – Tests of factories producing drinking water came out clean with no real hazards, said Kuwait Environment Public Authority’s (EPA) Director General Salah Al-Madhi yesterday. He told the press that the EPA would make sure that safety and environment regulations in such factories are being observed, adding that all tests have come out clean.
Kuwait – The Head of the Food Safety Society at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training Saad Bu Samri asserted that “awareness acts as a shield that protects the consumer from harmful products and commercial lies found in many products.”He added that purchasing food products of good quality is very important as many consumers have been widely cheated for financial benefit, where the consumer is deceived into buying defective products believing them to be famous products of high quality.
Kuwait – The Ministry of Health insists on subjecting expatriate workers to medical checkup and blood analyses in order to ensure health safety and security in the country, a senior health official said here Wednesday.
Kuwait – The Ministry of Health announced that ‘no smoking’ clinics have began to offer nicotine patches to those intending to quit the habit.Head of the anti-smoking committee Dr. Hamdiyya Al-Fadhli told KUNA Wednesday that these clinics, equipped with specialized teams, have helped many people quit smoking.
Kuwait: A state-owned electronic payment system through which citizens and residents can pay power and water bills, traffic, immigration, phone bills, legal fees, civil identification cards was introduced in the country yesterday. Click here for the Tasdeed website to check your MEW bills
Kuwait – he Ministry of Health said Saturday it would use the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system to insure food safety.The Ministry’s Food and Catering Department is keen, through the application of HACCP, on providing high-quality and safe food for patients and employees in hospitals, a ministry statement said, marking the Kuwait’s 1st Conference on Food Safety, due on March 15.
Kuwait – In view of and due to keen care and attention by the government, the health sector in the State of Kuwait and standards at the country’s hospitals are on a path of ongoing progress, Assistant Undersecretary of Public Health Affairs Yousif Al-Nisf said Thursday.Many hospitals in Kuwait are of high and international-standard efficiency, Al-Nisf told KUNA on the sidelines of the eighth Arab Hospitals Forum held in Cairo.
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