World Day
On the occasion of World Autism Day, Al-Ahsa Mental Health Hospital participated in the activities carried out by the General Administration of Education in Al-Ahsa Governorate, including the awareness exhibition held at Al-Othaim Mall in Al-Ahsa, where the hospital participated in an awareness corner providing medical consultations through consultants in psychiatry and the awareness department
And education in the hospital, and the first and second days were dedicated to women, and the third day for men. On the part of women, they participated in counseling awareness in psychiatry, Dr. Fatima Al-Muhaish, and a specialist in psychiatry Dr. Hanan Darwish and from the Education Department, the nurse / Wafa Al-Turki and the nurse / Lulwa Al-Bakhit
On the third day, the specialist in psychiatry Dr. Muhammad Sultan and the nurse Naji al-Abd al-Ridha and the nurse / Abdul Rahim Bukhadir participated in the exhibition. The hospital director was also supervised by Professor Adel Al-Suwai''i and the medical director of the consulting hospital, Dr. Anwar Al-Massad. Yahya Al-Awfi and Haider Al-Mutawa
On the other hand, the hospital will hold a symposium on autism on Monday, 5/24/1433 AH in the hospital’s Great Hall. Dr. Fatima Al-Muhaish, Consultant Psychiatrist, and Dr. Muhammad Al-Hassan Khaled, Specialist Psychiatrist will speak at the symposium.
As the Deputy for Continuing Education and Training at the Hospital Dr. Muhammad Al-Hassan spoke about autism:
It is known that autism statistically, one child out of every 1000 children is diagnosed as a classic autism disorder, and one child out of every 500 children is diagnosed as an autism spectrum disorder, and this indicates the importance of educating and introducing this disorder and highlighting this segment of children for more attention and care, noting that the disorder Autism has nothing to do with race, social class, household income or educational level
