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Integration of 8 hospitals to occur within 2 years -- Undersecretary |
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Tuesday, 05 January 2010 23:26 |
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KUWAIT, Jan 5 (KUNA) -- Eight hospitals would be expanded and integrated within the upcoming two years, said Undersecretary at the Health Ministry Abdulkarem Jaffar on Tuesday.
The ministry would also focus on developing transportation within the health sector, said Jaffar after the meeting for the council of the Health Ministries secretaries.
Jaffar also indicated that the conference on health insurance was also on the agenda of the meeting, revealing that the World Bank would be present at the event on January 17.
The establishment of health affairs secretariat was also discussed in the meeting, stated the official, who revealed that secretariat would focus on issues of paramount health importance such as allowing for approval of treatment abroad and other issues.
Meanwhile, head of the emergency medicine in the Health Ministry Dr. Faisal Al-Ghanem told KUNA that the ministry ready to receive women element within the emergency department, revealing that there were 160 job positions to be filled by those eager to work. - Kuna
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