Mahboula field hospital serves almost 200,000 people, singles and families
Show Civil ID, no fees charged for visit
The quarantine center opened by the Ministry of Public Works at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Stadium. KUWAIT CITY, June 27: Hours before the exceptional session of the Council of Ministers and the subsequent decisive decisions about moving to the next stage to return to life, and whether or not to designate new areas for total curfew or lift the isolation of the areas which are under total curfew such Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Mahboula the AlSeyassah newspaper made a field tour of the field hospital in Mahboula to monitor health procedures inside the hospital after about 80 days have passed since the place was placed under total lockdown, reports AlSeyassah daily.
The daily added, the hospital serves about 196,000 people, 20 percent of whom are families and 80 percent singles.
In light of ‘leaks’ and health indicators, things are moving strongly in favor of lifting the total lockdown of Mahboula, after noticing a significant decrease in the number of confirmed infections with the coronavirus.
The head of the pharmacy department of the hospital, Dr. Mona Al-Failakawi explained that the procedures for admission to the hospital start from entering the name in medical records department, where patients (citizens and residents) are received on the strength of their civil IDs only without paying fees and make a beeline to a large waiting hall before they are transferred to the concerned department based on their condition.
She pointed out after the screening is done they are transferred to the respective mobile clinics -- eight clinics are allocated (two for internal, and the same for teeth, a bone clinic, and another for women and childbirth and a respiratory disease clinic and a psychiatric clinic -- inside the hospital), each according to his health condition.
This is in addition to two observation rooms, one each for men and women, a pediatric vaccination clinic and a radiology department, and after a patient has finished the examination, he/she is directed to the pharmacy department to receive the medicines, and then returns to their respective homes.
After a comprehensive inspection tour of the mobile clinics, the daily met the director of the field hospital, Dr Muhammad Al-Kandari, who confirmed the hospital’s contribution in treating 300 corona patients since the inception of the Clinical Residency Department last month and until now, pointing out that the number of clinical cases currently in the hospital is 25, all of which are moderately infected.
Al-Kandari told the daily work in the hospital began on April 10, and patients were received 48 hours later, noting that the hospital is divided into two parts, the first is a dispensary to provide primary care to the residents of Mahboula, including citizens and residents, and the second section is the field hospital to house suspected or confirmed cases of corona virus. The hospital works as a supplement to Adan Hospital, he said.
He added the hospital was gradually equipped according to the need for health services, as “we began to equip three clinics in addition to the pharmacy and radiology department, and after we sensed the need for other clinics such as the gynecology and obstetrics clinic, the orthopedic clinic, the mental health clinic and vaccination, we addressed the department heads specialized in the region such as Dr. Meshal Al-Hadhoud, Dr. Haya AlMutairi and Dr. Abdullah Al-Faris, who kindly provided the required medical personnel and equipment at these clinics.
He added, “on May 20, we felt the need to operate the second part
of the hospital due to the severe pressure on health services at the Adan Hospital, so we cooperated with the Medical Engineering of the Ministry of Health to prepare the hospital to receive cases (residents of Mahboula) that require hospitalization and since that time until date we treated more than 300 corona patients until their condition improved completely, and only 15 cases required admission to intensive care unit of the Adan Hospital to complete the treatment.
Kuwait role lauded:
European Union and United Nations sources, Thursday, voiced their gratitude and praise for Kuwait’s efforts to help the Syrian people by organizing three pledging conferences for Syria and co-hosting two in recent years.
“Kuwait is one of our key partners in the Gulf and they have been extremely supportive of all the humanitarian efforts that have been carried out over the years,” EU sources told
journalists in Brussels ahead of next week’s international conference on Syria.
“Kuwait was also the co-chair of the first Brussels conference on Syria in 2017. We have remained in very close contact and cooperation with Kuwait over the years,” said the sources requesting anonymity.
“In terms of pledges they (Kuwaitis) have been extremely forthcoming as part of the international efforts in support of the Syrian people both inside and in the region,” added the EU sources.
On their part, UN sources commended the leadership of Kuwait for the first three conferences and the co-hosting one in London and one in Brussels.
The European Union and the United Nations will co-chair the fourth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region”, which will take place via videoconference on June 30.
Around 80 delegates from neighboring countries hosting Syrian refugees,
partner countries, EU Member States and international organizations will gather to address key political, humanitarian and regional development aspects of the Syrian crisis.
A number of side events including exhibitions hosted by EU Member States, partner countries, UN agencies and international organizations and civil societies have already started on Monday.
This is the eighth Syrian conference, three hosted by the government of Kuwait, one in London and four conferences hosted by the EU.
Over 11 million people across Syria require aid and protection and half of the Syrian population is displaced across the country or across the region as refugees. The COVID-19 spread has only deepened the suffering of the Syrian people.
The current requirement of the UN and its partners inside Syria amounts to USD 3.8 billion and that includes USD 380 million for coronavirus related activities, they noted. (KUNA)