KU may take over Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital

No medicine shortages in Adan Hospital: Al-Enezi

KUWAIT CITY, April 14: There is ongoing coordination between Kuwait University and Ministry of Health to study and discuss the possibility of handing over Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital to the university, reports Al-Anba daily quoting informed sources from Kuwait University.

They explained that Ministry of Health intends to form a joint committee with the university to discuss the possibility of handing over the hospital at a time when Sheikh Jaber Hospital is yet to be handed over despite being ready with confusion over who will receive it from Ministry of Public Works — Ministry of Health or the private sector.

The sources added that Kuwait University will also discuss with Ministry of Health the transfer mechanism, status of the studies aimed at rehabilitating the hospital after receiving it as well as the time it will require.

Meanwhile, Head of Pharmacies and Medical Stores Department at Adan Hospital Hussein Al-Enezi assures that the hospital has sufficient quantities of medicines for treating scabies, reports Al-Rai daily.

He affirmed that the quantities of these medicines requested from Medical Stores Department are normal rate, denying the reports on the lack of medicines to treat scabies.

Al-Enezi said medicines used for treating scabies such as “Benzoyl Benzouate” are prepared in laboratories and are available in the pharmacies of dermatology and casualty units.