Redistribution of medical patients and staff at Jazan hospital within region completed

RIYADH: A local publication has reported that the heath affairs directorate in Jazan has completed the redistribution of the medical staff of Jazan General Hospital to other hospitals in the region. Patients have already been moved to other hospitals.
The capacity of hospitals of the region has helped in solving the problem and, as a result, no nurses, doctors or any other medical staff were transferred to facilities outside the region.
All the medical staff in the women’s section was sent to Abu Arish General Hospital while the medical staff of the children’s ward will go to Sabia General Hospital.
Some 50 percent of the staff of the burned hospital’s staff were transferred to the new hospital opened under the sponsorship of the Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih last month. The new hospital includes departments for open-heart surgery, eyes, general surgery, laparoscopic surgery and oncology with 14 doctors being sent to work in the primary medical care centers in the region.
The damaged hospital formerly contained all medical specialties except plastic and laparoscopic surgeries and treatment for rheumatism and cardiac problems.
The staff at the hospital numbers 614, including doctors, nurses and technicians and others. The number of expatriate staff is 173 and the hospital is located 25 km away from Prince Mohammed bin Nasser Hospital which has absorbed half the total patient capacity of Jazan General Hospital.
On the patients, about 43 male and female patients were moved to Al-Hayat Hospital, 35 to Al-Omais National Hospital, including the maternity cases.
The system of the Ministry of Health allows transferring patients from public to private hospitals at the expense of the ministry.
On a related issue the supervisory authorities have begun investigating the causes of the fire and the safety measures in place, along with the periodical reports of the Civil Defense Department and the safety committee at the health affairs department. The supervisory bodies include the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the Control and Investigation Board and other bodies.