Health Minister's Press Office issues general mobilization instructions

Public Health Minister Hamad Hassan's Press Office issued on Thursday the necessary guidelines in implementing the general mobilization and state of emergency stipulations.

In this context, all monitoring doctors and medical personnel at the Health Ministry were instructed to refrain from admitting cold cases into hospitals for a period of 15 days and limiting admission to emergency cases, while working to empty hospital beds of recovering cases that do not require staying at the hospital, in order to preserve the health of patients and medical staff from the virus spread.

Moreover, governmental and private hospitals hesitating to receive suspected or diagnosed Corona cases were required to engage in their national and humanitarian health duty, in light of the outbreak of the epidemic and in accordance with the contract terms concluded and the regulations of the state of emergency currently in effect.

The Public Health Ministry's health observers were also instructed to join the epidemiological surveillance team and track cases through the Health Protection Directorate in accordance with the instructions of the direct chiefs and district doctors.

Finally, the Health Ministry urged all citizens to demonstrate maximum levels of cooperation and commitment to preventive measures and to stay at home, restricting any outside movement or activity to strict necessity only, so as to reduce the number of infections and maintain their health safety and that of their families in wake of this serious epidemiological challenge.


NNA