According to Madinah Health Affairs, the departments of Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health have been enhanced with additional 45 beds; thus raising its bed capacity to 246.
“The new beds have been distributed into 20 beds for detoxification phase and 25 for rehabilitation phases. Also, the new expansion has added hospitalization services for addiction treatment. The additional beds will be served by medical, mental, social and nursing staff, in addition to specialized counselors,” added Madinah Health Affairs.
It is noted that Al-Amal Complex for Mental Health-Madinah has been inaugurated since 1434H., including buildings for emergency, ICU, outpatient clinics, and supportive services of pharmacies, radiology departments, laboratories, as well as assisting buildings. It also features 8 villas for hospitalization of mental and addiction treatment, two entertainment centers, in addition to a variety of recreation facilities for patient service.
It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is currently implementing MOH's Performance Program, which covers 70 main hospitals and aims to boost productivity, performance quality and efficiency of health services in hospitals. The program features over 40 indicators to measure the performance of seven key therapeutic aspects, including emergency, clinics, surgeries, hospitalization, ICU, radiology and labs. The program also aims to develop the skills of health professionals to use the indicators and to identify performance improvement potentials, in compliance with patient safety and quality standards.