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Hafr Al-Batin: Health Cooperation and Preventive Medicine Service Center Launched at Maternity and Children Hospital
24 December 2018

​​​According to Hafr Al-Batin Health Affairs, the Health Cooperation and Preventive Medicine Service Center has been launched at Maternity and Children Hospital in collaboration with King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH & RC)-Riyadh.

The Center provides a number of medical services including telemedicine clinic, which is equipped with communication network enabling the physician to diagnose the patient from a distance saving patients the burden of travelling, through using cutting-edge telemedicine, which enables the physician to view the medical reports and diagnostic radiology images and then enabling him to take the right decision for treatment.

Also, the center includes tele-ICU that links critical care doctors, nurses and mental care specialists to Maternity and Children Hospital's ICU of KFSH & RC, via a network of videoconference devices, patient medical monitoring system.  

Also, the Center provides a number of other services such as: telephone counseling, collecting and handling lab specimens, re-dispensing medications and medical supplies, requesting medical reports, as well as broadcasting lectures, conferences and training courses. 
It is noteworthy that the Center seeks to facilitate access to therapeutic services provided by the KFSH & RC to patients at their places; thus, saving them and their families time and effort and the burden of travelling. 






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