Saudi Arabia - Qatif Central Hospital under investigation for not reporting suspected coronavirus MERS patient - Eastern province

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Negligent not to refer the case of an infected Report "Corona" Qatif hospital for investigation
Abdullah Al-Zahrani - Dammam
Wednesday, 23/04/2014

Said the spokesman for the Directorate General of Health Affairs in the Eastern Province Khaled Usaimi that the health of East issued a directive to refer the negligent hospital Qatif Central fail to report on the status of an infected Pfyrus Corona to investigate and hold them accountable and investigate the reason behind it and determine the responsibility of the offending and taking statutory procedures appropriate about it, note that the results of examination of the final were negative.

added Usaimi that in the framework of the keenness of Health East to communicate with the media, we make it clear on what has been circulated recently in social media and target document issued an official from one of the competent departments of preventive medicine includes in its context that it was one of the components of the examination of suspect for a citizens' virus Corona Qatif Central Hospital intensive care room and that the hospital did not report the case. He added that such a situation insignificant by the standards set by the World Health Organization to positive such cases.
in action simultaneously issued instructions to the competent office of Preventive Qatif Balchkhos to the hospital to find out the circumstances of the case and make sure that there have been similar cases intensive care room complete with the necessary preventive measures to contacts Whether medical staff or contacts from home and dealing a precaution. Eastern Health confirmed that it is seeking to continuously certainly all hospitals and health sectors to work on readiness to receive any suspected cases and take appropriate action. And dealt with in line with national standards and the World Anti-infection.

http://www.al-madina.com/node/52642...-حالة-مصاب-كورونا-بمستشفى-القطيف-للتحقيق.html

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia - Qatif Central Hospital under investigation for not reporting suspected coronavirus MERS patient - Eastern province

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This article says he tested positive.

Suspicion of the arrival of "Corona" to the East .. looking for a Health and idler

22/04/2014 @ 15:37


Qatif - Majid Cbarakh

Confirmed media spokesman for the health of the eastern region Khaled Usaimi for "east", the letter issued by the health supervisor of the preventive health Eastern Affairs, which revealed that one of the components of the examination conducted on a citizens -25 years - in Qatif Central Hospital tested positive.

He said, in the framework of the keenness of Health East to communicate with the media, we make it clear on what has been trading recently in the means of social communication and objective document issued an official from one of the competent departments of preventive medicine includes in its context it came to one of the components of the examination of suspect to a citizen of the virus Corona Hospital, Qatif Central Chamber of Care Concentrated and that the hospital did not report the case.

He pointed out that such a situation as insignificant by the standards set by the World Health Organization to positive such cases.

He explained that he Usaimi been directed to refer the Qatif Central Hospital negligent in not reporting the case to be investigated and held accountable and investigate the matter and the reason behind it and determine the responsibility of the offending and take appropriate legal procedures about it. Note that the final test results were negative.

He said in an asynchronous, instructions were issued to the specialists office Preventive Qatif Balchkhos to the hospital to find out the circumstances of the case and make sure that there have been cases similar to the intensive care unit complete with the necessary preventive measures toward the contacts of both the medical staff or contacts from home and dealing a precaution.

He pointed out that Eastern Health is seeking continuously certainly all hospitals and health sectors to work on readiness to receive any suspected cases and take appropriate action. And handled in accordance with national and international standards for infection control.

The letter, which was circulated parents on networking sites, that the laboratory request a new sample to confirm the diagnosis, but that the Office of Preventive in Qatif reported that the citizen died in the intensive care unit hospital Qatif Central, on Saturday, 19 Jumada II 1435 AH, and the diagnosis was in the hospital that he had died Alscalsl of complications.

According to the letter, obtained by "East" in the image of it, that the hospital has not reported on the case of the Office of Preventive sector Qatif, and that the information came to Musharraf Affairs preventive health East by the General Department of Infectious Diseases, and therefore the suspected injury virus Corona was improbable to the doctor Processor evidence that samples were taken from the patient to examine the corona.

The letter said: the importance of reporting on the situation as a case suspicion Corona regardless of the initial diagnosis of the situation, and this is not made by specialists in Qatif Central Hospital.

According to what came in the speech has been directing specialists office preventive in Qatif of the characters to the hospital to find out the circumstances of the case and make sure that there were similar cases intensive care room with the completion of the necessary preventive measures toward the contacts of both the medical staff or contacts at home and dealing a precaution on the basis that the situation positive of the virus.

According to the letter; has been negligent in demand to refer the Report of the Central Hospital, Qatif to investigate and hold them accountable, especially that this is not the first time that it has not been reported infectious diseases.

http://www.alsharq.net.sa/2014/04/22/1127063

 

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Source: KSA MoH, in Arabic: http://www.moh.gov.sa/Ministry/MediaCenter/News/Pages/News-2014-04-24-001.aspx


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The Ministry of Health is currently communicate and coordinate with health care professionals and the community, to gather all the information that describes the real situation, and the seriousness of the situation and the potential dangers.

The ministry will submit the media and society with all the information as soon as they are received them. As the ministry is currently preparing a letter My site hotline to respond to inquiries from the community.


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Re: Saudi Arabia - Qatif Central Hospital under investigation for not reporting suspected coronavirus MERS patient - Eastern province

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Hospital probed for not reporting suspected case
Arab News - 25 April, 2014

The Health Affairs Directorate in the Eastern Province has launched an investigation into the failure of medical staff at the Qatif Central Hospital to report a suspected coronavirus case at the hospital to authorities.

A patient suspected to have contracted the coronavirus died at the hospital even though a second test came back negative for MERS on Saturday. ?When Murtada Khater, 25, died Saturday night at the Qatif Central Hospital?s ICU, there were reports that he was another victim of MERS,? a local daily reported...