His Excellency Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rabiah issued a decision with establishing the national center of the diseases carrier in Gazan and the assignment of a Dr. Adel Bin Ali Heidar to be the manager of centre.

 

MoH Committee Probes Woman’s Surgery Death

NAJRAN – A Ministry of Health committee investigating the death of a woman while she was undergoing an appendectomy late last year, on Tuesday listened to the testimony of her husband.

 

Faisal Mansour Al-Makrami, the husband of Arwa, the woman who died on the operation table on the third day of Eid Al-Adha last year, accused the medical team which conducted the operation at King Khaled Hospital here of negligence.

 

DHULUM – The Ministry of Health has announced stiff penalties of fines up to SR100,000 and prison of up to six months for any health practitioner found to have spread false rumors about any co-worker.

 

If found guilty, the health practitioner faces dismissal and withdrawal of his or her medical license.

 

According to the new regulations, the maximum penalty may be applied if it is found that false allegations are made about forging of qualifications and moral crimes.