Mahboula region ‘completes’ its deficiencies ... with field hospital
Bid to provide needs of residents
KUWAIT CITY, April 15: National efforts are continuing to secure the Mahboula region by various State agencies, represented by the ministries of Interior and Health, in addition to Kuwait National Guard, to provide the needs of its residents, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily, in cooperation with the Department of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior monitored the distinguished security efforts in running traffic at the entrances and exits of the region to prevent congestion, with security checks mounted on all, allowing the entry of authorized persons, food, health and other materials the area needs only.
The representative of Security Media Department at the Ministry of Interior, Lieutenant Colonel Shuja Al-Mahan affirmed that “efforts of the Ministry of Interior are represented by the field sectors in securing entrances and exits to and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh areas, and allowing only those who are authorized to do so.
The effort was not limited to this extent. There was coordination and cooperation among the Ministry of Interior, other relevant ministries and government agencies”
Al-Mohan added that “the Public Relations and Security Media Department communicates directly with the residents for their safety and security, indicating they communicate with them in all languages.
Supplies
There is also a large and well-established coordination with government bodies, and an integrated health center established by brothers in the National Guard in addition to food and all supplies needed by the residents of the region.”
He continued, “Our message to the brothers who live in Mahboula and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh is that the ministries of Interior and Health are doing everything for their benefit and that of their families, so the instructions issued by health authorities should be followed, because this is for the best of their interest.”
On a tour of the field hospital set up by the National Guard, which began receiving visitors over two days ago, he affirmed that the construction of its health quarantine will be completed within days.
Director of Ahmadi Health Region Dr Ahmed Al-Shatti said, “We are proud of this site and at this time we are launching the Mahboula Health Center that works as a field hospital to sort cases and deal with the area of Mahboula that has been subjected to total quarantine.
Result
This is the result of another cooperation between the Ministry of Health and the National Guard in building a field hospital that provides health care services”.
Al-Shatti added that “in Mahboula, we deal with a total population of 200,000, including 3,000 Kuwaitis in cooperation with many parties that provided them with food and essential supplies for life, in addition to health care, covering primary health care, emergency, laboratory and radiology, sorting cases and the presence of ambulance”.
For his part, Superintendent of the Pharmacy Unit in the field hospital of the National Guard, Major Abdullah Al-Zoubi, disclosed that “our goal is to build the field hospital in Mahboula area to serve citizens and expatriates of the region and to assess the humanitarian situation for the people of the region in light of the regional isolation currently in place.” .
Al-Zoubi added that “Kuwait National Guard is playing its role as a supporter of the Ministry of Health in establishing the field hospital to serve expatriates,” noting the hospital was completed in a period not exceeding five days and the pharmacy was equipped within a period not exceeding 48 hours, to accommodate patients in the area”.