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MOH: More than 16,000 Cases at Eastern Region Hospitals
13 February 2017
According to the Ministry of Health (MOH) the government hospitals in the Eastern Region have received, through Ihalti program, 16,193 cases of which 658 are live-saving, 3,033 emergency, 1,747 hospitalization and 10,755 cases at the outpatient clinics. 
 
It indicated that 162 of these cases were refereed from a government hospital to the ICU of private hospitals, while a total of 12 cases in need of long-term medical care have been transferred from government hospitals to a private sector hospital which serves this category of patients.
 
Within the same vein, the MOH said that the Eastern Region General Directorate for Health Affairs have received, during 45 days, 8 cases of citizens coming from abroad to continue treatment in the region's hospitals, in coordination with the concerned authorities in those countries. They include 4 cases in Dammam Medical Complex, 2 in King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Dammam, one in King Fahad University Hospital in Khobar and another case in Qatif Central Hospital. 
 
 
 



Last Update : 20 February 2017 03:51 PM
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