Najran’s Health Affairs caused controversy among local residents when it allowed a coronavirus patient to be discharged from King Khalid Hospital.
Saleh Al-Munis, Najran’s Health Affairs director, said in a statement that the patient, a 65-year-old man, was in stable condition and left the hospital after claiming he had an appointment at King Fahad Medical City.
Muhsin Al-Rabian, Health Affairs spokesman, confirmed that the patient was stable when he left the hospital.
The debate about whether the coronavirus is transmissible from human to human or from camels is still going on.
Investigations were conducted after 23 camels recently died in Hail. The Agriculture Ministry had ascertained their cause of death to be due to poison and not the coronavirus.
Salman Al-Sweineh, Hail Agricultural Affairs director, said a team of vets had been formed to take samples from the cadavers and the fodder used to feed the animals.
The owner is being questioned over the incident.
Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Canada and Holland have recently registered coronavirus cases. Most of the patients diagnosed in these countries had recently traveled from the Kingdom.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced that the coronavirus is not considered a global emergency due to lack of sufficient knowledge about its origins and mode of transmission.
Coronavirus patient discharged at his own risk
