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Northern Borders: 500,000+ Beneficiaries Served by Primary Healthcare Centers Last Year
02 February 2021

​According to the Northern Borders Health Affairs, over the past year, the primary healthcare centers have served 513,000 beneficiaries, including 8,550 diabetics and 6,500 hypertension patients. Also, the centers have served 25,870 children, followed-up with 4,469 pregnant women, and conducted 85,426 lab tests. The hospital has achieved 95% coverage of the basic vaccines, during the same period.​

It is worth mentioning that the Northern Borders Health Affairs features 10 specialized medical centers (a cardiac center, 3 diabetes centers, 3 kidney centers, and 3 dental centers), in addition to 11 hospitals with a 1,410-bed capacity, which are enhanced with a number of delicate medical specialties, such as neurosurgery, heart surgery, bariatric surgery, endoscopy, oncology, and others. Also, the Affairs has 45 primary healthcare centers.






Last Update : 09 February 2021 03:45 PM
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