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Jul 26
AL-QUNFUDAH – For six years, Hussein Abdul Rahman Badawi, a Saudi national, has pursued legal action against a national road-maintenance company after he was partially paralyzed when his car fell into a deep hole in a road.
Badawi, the breadwinner for a family comprising a wife, four girls and two boys, said the accident occurred because the hole was not filled in and no warning signs were posted.
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Jul 13
RIYADH: In order to reduce the number of road accidents in Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Health is to carry out a nationwide awareness program about the new Saher traffic system, said a senior Ministry of Health official.
The official made the statement following the first meeting of the Health Executive Council held under the chairmanship of Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah on Tuesday.
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Pharmacists turn into shepherds security guards
Filed under NewsJul 8ARAR – Graduates of the Ministry of Healths diploma program in its Health College were surprised to be excluded from technical vacancies restricted to bachelors-degree graduates of universities recognized by the Kingdom.
Dr. Khaled Marghalani, Ministry of Health spokesman, who was telephoned several times to address the issue, did not return calls.
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May 10
Ministry of Health being sued by Turkish and Saudi fathers
JEDDAH – The Board of Grievances in Riyadh will on Monday consider the lawsuits of a Saudi father and Turkish father against the Ministry of Health for allegedly mistakenly swapping their sons shortly after they were born at a hospital in Najran in 2003.
The lawsuits against the ministry have been filed by Saudi national Muhammad Salim Aal Munajjim and Turkish resident Yusuf Juja. They are demanding compensation from the Ministry of Health because of the alleged error. The boys were returned to their genetic families after four years living with the wrong parents. Both boys, Yaqoub and Ali could not speak the language of their genetic parents and have reportedly struggled to adapt.
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Living with mental illness
Filed under NewsMar 5JEDDAH/TAIF/DHAMAD – Residents and shop workers in a southern Jeddah district are accustomed to seeing Muhammad Sultan running around in the streets scratching his body.
His elderly mother blames herself for her only childs condition. “For 16 years he has suffered from mental illness. I noticed his silence and introversion but I thought it would go away, until he was fired from his job because he had been absent. Maybe my failure to take him to doctors when it first occurred made his suffering worse,” she said.
She said that his condition has worsened recently, to the point where he often “ate the leaves of trees. But he doesnt hurt anybody”, the mother added. She said Muhammad spends his days sitting in front of nearby shops and only comes home to eat or sleep.
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Jan 13
JEDDAH – The former director of the embattled Al-Amal hospital has rejected accusations that his administration was responsible for overseeing a decline in treatment programs at the hospital that led to the recent “escape” of 15 drug addicts.
The former director, Dr. Muhammad Shawoosh, was responding Tuesday to criticism when he was at the helm of the hospital by the current director Dr. Osama Ibrahim. Ibrahim had reportedly claimed that his management team had inherited problems from Shawooshs team and that this had contributed to the recent incidents.
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H1N1 shots People still wary
Filed under NewsJan 7RIYADH – Despite the Ministry of Healths assertion that no side effects were reported from over 60,000 people vaccinated against swine flu, the general response to the vaccination campaign is still lukewarm.
The Ministry of Health has renewed efforts to make the swine flu vaccine available from Saturday at all primary health centers (PHCs) across the Kingdom.
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Jan 5
JEDDAH – A Shoura Council decision taken last year to set up an independent commission to ensure the safety of patients and the proper conduct of health professionals has not been enacted by the Ministry of Health, said a Shoura member.
The commission, envisioned by the councils approval, for quality in health services would set out specific criteria for the way patients have to be treated.
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Dec 21
JEDDAH: The operation department of a private Jeddah hospital has been closed after a medical mistake left a patient dead. The Health Affairs Department in Makkah province ordered the closure following instructions from Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah.
The decision, which came into effect on Sunday, was made after a committee investigating the death submitted its report to the minister. The report also dwelled on complications that a girl underwent during an operation at the same hospital.
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Nov 20
JEDDAH – The government has rejected reports that it has banned private hospitals from treating swine flu patients.
Dr. Sami Badawood, the Ministry of Healths Director of Health Affairs here, said that there may have been a misunderstanding over the situation.
Government has urged people to go to public hospitals because the treatment is free. This does not mean that people cannot go to private institutions where they will have to pay.
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