Team of specialized Cuban doctors arriving to man hospitals

Team of specialized Cuban doctors arriving to man hospitals

RIYADH: MD RASOOLDEEN

Published — Saturday 3 August 2013



A team of doctors in rare specialties from Cuba will arrive in the

Kingdom after the Eid holidays to man some of the public sector

hospitals, a senior official from the Ministry of Health announced here

yesterday.

"The first group of 30 doctors will work for a period of three months

only," Dr. Aqeel Al-Ghamdi, assistant undersecretary to the Ministry of

Health for therapeutic medicine and hospitals, said, adding that the

contract will span a period of three years.

The agreement for the deployment of doctors was signed last month in

Riyadh between the two governments. The accord was inked by Dr. Mohammed

Hamza Kosheim, deputy health minister for Planning and Development, and

Cuban Ambassador Enrique Anriquet.

Al-Ghamdi said the first group of doctors will include 12 rare and

specialized cadres, including the intensive care unit (ICU), anesthesia,

surgery, neurosurgery, retina, and newborns, he added. They will conduct

tests on patients, follow up on their cases, review work procedures, as

well as engage in training and education, he noted.

The official said that under the agreement, 30 doctors would arrive from

Cuba every three months and those who have already completed their

three-month period will return to their country. He also pointed out

that the program for visiting doctors is currently operating with a

number of countries, including Pakistan, Egypt, the United States and

European countries.

Mohammed Kosheim said the doctors will be affiliated with a special

program entitled the "Visiting Doctors" program, which has been tailored

to meet the ministry's requirements designed to attract the best

consultants in in-demand and rare specialties, he said.

Cuban Ambassador Anriquet said that Saudi-Cuban relations have seen

significant progress in the recent years. "This agreement comes at the

forefront of constructive cooperation between the two countries, which

will be to provide our experience and our efforts in the field of

health. We seek to contribute to strengthening and improving healthcare

in hospitals and health centers in the Kingdom."

The envoy said doctors, consultants and specialists in nursing have been

carefully selected and are of high quality and that they speak fluent

English.



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