Primary Health Care in Kuwait: Need to Increase Efficiency
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Essential vaccination is done alongside with a lot of prevention work. However, chronic diseases such as Diabetes are growing at a rapid rate.
Interview with Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, President of Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice and Former Minister of Health of Kuwait. All Kuwaiti nationals receive free healthcare. Dr. Al-Sayer says there are many opportunities to invest in healthcare system of Kuwait. At the moment the private healthcare is blooming in Kuwait. It is a trend in Kuwait to seek a medical treatment within the private healthcare sector.
It has become common knowledge that basic health-care is provided free to Kuwaiti citizens. With a total population of 3.5 million people, of which a third are Kuwaiti nationals, the oil-rich Dawlat al-Kuwait, the State of Kuwait, had so far few problems paying for doctor visits.
Fighting Diabetes is one of the biggest challenges the Gulf healthcare sector has to deal with. The Dasman Diabetes Institute aims to prevent and to mitigate the impact of diabetes in Kuwait.
Kuwait has the 3rd highest rate of Diabetes. About 250,000 (out of 1.2 million Kuwaitis) suffer from diabetes I or II. Dr. Kazem Behbehani, Director General of Dasman Diabetes Institute, warns about potential economic & social collapse.
Margaret Al-Sayer, Founding Director of Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice, shares her journey of building Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice for terminally ill children.
Corporate social responsibility is a strategic issue for KPC. KPC is involved In many projects to contribute to the society such as Bayt Abdullah Children Hospice, scholarships for students, environmental projects and substituting LNG for oil is rapidly improving the air quality.
Interview with Margaret Al-Sayer, Founding Director of Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice. Bayt Abdullah Children’s Hospice in Kuwait is a place where special care is given; pediatric palliative care for children. A child is different from an adult; a child needs the specialist care of trained child doctors. Bayt Abdullah was designed to help those children who need it the most.
Interview with Mr. Yousif Abou Zahr, CEO of Al Seef Hospital. Al Seef hospital is a member of United Medical Service (UMS), which is the largest company in the private health care sector.