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NEWS: [01-03-2010] - MoH eyes strict penalties for insults to medical staff
Submitted by Dreamcatcher on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 4:05pm.
The Ministry of Health (MoH), in cooperation with Kuwait Medical Society (KMS), is preparing a draft law that calls for strict penalties against those who insult medical staff and grants doctors immunity against inspections and ordinary security procedures, says Manager of Legal Affairs Department at MoH Dr Ibrahim Al-Abdulhadi.
The ministry will submit the final draft to the Fatwa and Legislation Department, then to the Cabinet and finally to the Parliament for ratification. “The process is expected to be completed in nearly six months,” noted Al-Abdulhadi.
Moreover, the committee for redrafting Psychiatry Law, which is chaired by Al-Abdulhadi, will hold its second meeting by the end of this week to discuss various recommendations and review experiments of other countries.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has invited 32 international consultants of different medical specializations to come to Kuwait this month.
The ministry’s Director of Public Relations, Faisal Al-Doseri, said in a press release on Monday that the aim of the visit would be to improve health services in the country and to expose Kuwaiti doctors to different experiences.
Specialties include cancer, stem-cell research, ophthalmology, laboratory testing, osteology and joints, plastic surgery, nuclear medicine, pediatrics, and cancer therapy.
He noted that the doctors would be performing complicated surgeries and training doctors, as well as delivering workshops, diagnosis patients, and giving medical consultations.
Al-Doseri noted that previous visits of international consultants had helped keep Kuwaiti doctors up to date in their respective fields.
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