As hospital reopens, Dr. Erfan says he will relinquish the post of CEO

The Directorate of Health Affairs in Makkah has said that Dr. Erfan and Bagedo Hospital is to be 60 percent blamed for the death of Salah Al-Deen, an eight-year-old boy who died during a surgery due to a technical flaw in the anesthesia equipment supply, as it was old and had not been tested before the procedure.
Hospital CEO Dr. Mohammad Erfan told local newspapers that radical changes would take place at the senior management level of the hospital in accordance with the recommendations and observations of Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, indicating this would include his position as CEO.
“After extensive research and deliberations with medical management staff across the country and taking into consideration the recommendations of Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, we decided that the middle management be changed. We will attract highly competent professionals, as well as employ a new integrated staff to take over management starting from early this April, including my position, after which I will just practice at the clinic,” he said.
Erfan pointed out that the committee recommended that all technical and administrative flaws uncovered be rectified, including all gas pipes at the hospital to be checked and upgraded so as to bear the distinguished colors of the different types of gas. The committee also suggested upgrading other infrastructure, to be followed by a mechanism in place for its maintenance, with suitable equipment for all divisions and an adequate number of specialized staff at all levels.
He explained that the most important medical viewpoints the ministry recorded were related to the maintenance of gas network, as well as fire extinguishing systems and road repairs.
Dr. Adel Bagedo, board member, said that patients had faith in the hospital, adding that this mistake and the closure of the hospital represented a good lesson to be used to make better changes that the hospital could not implement because of the large numbers of patients it received every single day.
“All divisions and sections are now working full capacity, and we received a number of patients after 60 days of shutdown,” he concluded.