Health Minister Hamad Al-Manie has instructed that special committees on the rights of patients be established in all the ministry’s hospitals and health centres throughout the Kingdom with the aim of improving the health care services being provided for citizens and expatriates. In a press statement, Dr. Yacoub ibn Youssif Al-Mazrouei, assistant undersecretary for curative medicine at the ministry, said the committees would see to it that all patients were satisfied with the services provided for them by the general hospitals and medical centres. The statement said the minister underlined the importance of the directors of hospitals or medical centres heading the committees so that they will be answerable to a higher committee that works directly with the minister himself. The committees will submit periodic reports about the concerned hospital’s performance to the minister. Each of these committees will, in addition to its chairman, comprise the medical director, social and psychological specialists, and an official in charge of patient relations, a quality control specialist and officials in charge of information, public relations and training at each facility.
PATIENTS’ RIGHTS COMMITTEES IN KSA HOSPITALS
Health Minister Hamad Al-Manie has instructed that special committees on the rights of patients be established