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Saudi Arabia - Ministry of Health closes Kingdom Hospital in Riyadh due to infection control and license issues - June 29, 2016

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  • Saudi Arabia - Ministry of Health closes Kingdom Hospital in Riyadh due to infection control and license issues - June 29, 2016

    The full story of the closure of the Kingdom Hospital .. and newborn addressing minister
    29/06/2016 04:56

    Confirmed Prince Alwaleed bin Talal , chairman
    Holding Company of its UK Hospital, support for the decision of the Ministry of Health shut down the hospital.
    He said: "I support the decision of the Ministry of Health to close the Kingdom Hospital, and the application of the system. Homeland and the citizen is always a priority," he said . "No one is above the system . " .
    the Ministry of Health has announced tonight that it had closed a private hospital in Riyadh precautionary city; "due to the existence of several irregularities and the lack of commitment to correct the conditions, where they were closing the emergency department and outpatient clinics as a first stage, and not to receive new cases to be coordinated for the transfer of inpatients in which patients to other hospitals. "
    the
    ministry said that" the closure was based on what monitored by the field inspection teams of the private sector management of the Directorate - General of health Affairs in Riyadh from systematic violations included not to renew the facility license and failure to obtain a license from the civil Defence matters of safety, in addition to mixing medical waste and this is contrary to the standards of infection control, and the presence of cadres working without regular licenses. "
    and has shown that" it was established three times in varying lengths alarm but it did not respond to it and did not comply with the application instructions; and accordingly decides closure precautionary facility , according to the system until it is to avoid all notes that summoned closed


    to maintain the health and safety of patients and attention to perfecting the health services provided by the private health sector, and the application of the material private health institutions in which Article 23 of the private health institutions system and its implementing regulations on a system "may be a decision of the committees provided for in Article 25 wage laborers conservatory - stop the practice under violation activity if you find evidence , and evidence of strong irregularities indicated by thepreliminary inquiry be punished if proved , decommissioning or closure of the health institution."
    she added that she "will not tolerate any deficiencies affect the health and safety of citizens, residents , and it will continue to take penalties and regulatory procedures with respect to any health institution does not comply with the required quality of health services standards, with the aim of forcing it to improve the situation and remove all the notes as set forth in the statutory procedures. " the
    ministry private health sector and called as a strategic partner in the development health, the importance of the commitment it is hoped it recognized for quality scientific criteria in order to provide beneficiaries with high quality health services, as called for citizens to make their communications on the 937.

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    Wondering if this is the hospital in the recent large nosocomial outbreak. Please see:

    WHO: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) ? Saudi Arabia (21 June 2016)


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