By
Allah's Grace, a team of neurosurgeons at Hafr al-Batin Central Hospital has
successfully fixed a c-spine plate for a patient suffering pains in his right
hand and sleeping difficulty. After due clinical examination, cervical x-ray and
MRI scans, he was diagnosed with acute cervical curvature, as well as C-5, C-6
and C-7 herniated discs. During a four-hour surgery, the discs and bone spurs
pressing on the spine were removed. Also, a pelvic bone was transplanted and
stabilized by a cervical plate. The surgery has been successful without any
complications. The patient was put under supervision till he recovered and was
discharged.
It is also noteworthy that the Ministry of
Health, in line with its contribution to achieve the targets of the National
Transformation Program 2020, has launched the initiative of (reforming and
restructuring the primary healthcare), as part of 40 initiatives designed to
develop and improve the Kingdom's healthcare services and facilities to meet the
needs of the community and the expectations of our righteous leader - may Allah
protect him.
This new initiative aims to provide advanced
outstanding primary healthcare services, to boost satisfaction with this
sector's services, and to foster the outpatients' trust in health services. The
initiative also seeks to restore confidence in primary healthcare centers, given
the growing numbers of outpatients, to ensure accessibility to all beneficiaries
to reduce the burden on different health professionals, to boost the preventive
measures, and provide facility-based health services, in addition to reducing
congestion on emergency departments and outpatient clinics.
MOH has recently launched the new design
templates of primary healthcare centers at As-Sulaimaniyah, Al-Wadi, Al-Khaleej,
Al-Murabba and Al-Mansourah. All are model centers. Also, all MOH's centers will
be rehabilitated with similar templates. New centers will be set up. The news
centers will provide all preventive, health and community services, while
complying with CBAHI's standards. The services include consultation clinics,
primary mental clinics, as well as other services such as immunization,
maternity care, family medicine and early detection of chronic diseases. Also,
the community will be engaged by creating community council to take part in
planning health services. Each center will incorporate a training center for
family medicine fellowship with a unified e-record database. The new centers
feature a modern architectural style and the required safety supplies. It’s
noted that the work is currently underway to start the stage of mega centers
according to MOH-approved medial facility identity.