Health minister tours Jahra hospital

Kuwaiti Health Minister Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer toured at Al-Jahra Hospital and reviewed the latest construction projects that aim at expanding the hospital\'s capacity for better health services in the area. Al-Sayer was accompanied by the Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr. Ibrahim Al-Abdulhadi, Director of Jahar Health Zone Dr. Fahad Al-Khaleefa in the tour which was made late Monday. They examined the hospital construction\'s third phase which includes a women\'s wing at the emergency room, tube baby unit, maternity ward and intensive care unit. Al-Sayer called all officials at Al-Jahra health zone to follow up the completion of these new construction projects on time and to ensure their conformity to specifications and standards. He also noted that the hospital should make up for any shortage in incubators, preterm baby medical equipment and medication. He encouraged that all patients\' needs should be met at all times and that any shortage in staff should be dealt with in order to provide better services for the public by lessening time spent in waiting rooms and by providing proper medical treatment. This tour comes as part of a series of other tours conducted by the Kuwaiti minister to ensure that all the country\'s health zones are getting the necessary medical and administrable needs and to check up on the ongoing constructions projects in these hospitals.