KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ahmad Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi has concluded a meeting with technical and administrative departments at the Farwaniya Hospital to review the latest preparations prior to the inauguration of the third phase of the new Farwaniya Hospital for nationals. The new phase will start functioning from February 5.

The meeting witnessed a review of the plan of transferring patients, organizational details and procedures and a discussion of transferring the rest of the departments successively.  The meeting also addressed the issue of the workflow situation as well as the challenges that accompanied the previous operational phases and ways to mitigate them in order to provide health services to citizens, according to the best required quality standards.

The Health Minister talks to the staff at Farwaniya Hospital.

The operational plan for the third phase includes inauguration of work in the department of obstetrics and gynecology as well as related departments including the departments of pharmacy, radiology, laboratory, sterilization, intensive care and anesthesia.