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- The number of people benefiting from home care services has reached more than 58,000 active cases in a year
- Basic home care services include wound and bed-sore treatment, chronic disease follow-ups, home visits, post-operative care, oral and dental health, and intravenous therapy
RIYADH: The Ministry of Health, through health clusters, continues to provide home healthcare services throughout the Kingdom, aiming to improve the quality of living, patient experience, and provide comprehensive treatment solutions.
The ministry said that basic home care services include wound and bed-sore treatment, chronic disease follow-ups, home visits, post-operative care, oral and dental health, and intravenous therapy.
Additionally, new services have been introduced, such as mother and childcare, dialysis, and palliative care.
The number of people benefiting from home care services has reached more than 58,000 active cases in a year, with more than 71,000 total beneficiaries since the service’s launch, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.
These services are provided by 244 home healthcare departments, with more than 2,700 specialized staff members.
These efforts align with the Health Sector Transformation Program and Saudi Vision 2030’s goal to enhance access to healthcare services and their quality, thereby addressing community needs.
The ministry said that home healthcare services can be requested through specialized hospital departments or referrals from primary healthcare services, if eligibility criteria are met.
Meanwhile, the Health Sector Transformation Program highlighted major achievements in 2024, including the use of technology to improve health.
The Sehhaty platform set up more than 51 million virtual consultations. Additionally, more than 14 million individuals used the Wasfaty platform, which recorded more then 40 million prescriptions.
The number of health volunteers has passed 632,000 since the platform’s launch, the SPA reported.