According to Qassim Health Affairs, Al-Qawara General Hospital's Surgery Department, inaugurated recently, conducted last Friday its first surgical operation to remove an appendix from a 6-year old child. Thank Allah the operation was successful.
The department is equipped with the state-of-the-art medical equipment. It includes two operating rooms and a recovery room, under supervision of a qualified medical staff.
With the inauguration of the surgery department, all hospital's medical departments are now fully operational. This will contribute to reducing the rate of referral to reference hospitals.
The 50-bed hospital is one of the modern hospitals in Qassim region.
It is noteworthy that the MOH has launched a daily specialization-based e-Waiting List for surgical operations on its online portal. The list features the MOH's hospitals, along with surgical specializations and corresponding waiting days respectively. The list also includes five levels of waiting days, from one to 180 days.
By launching this initiative, MOH aims to update all patients and beneficiaries of services provided by its health facilities on the developmental efforts to boost performance levels, and to provide high quality service to satisfy and meet the health needs of citizens.