Academic affairs at the Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Hospital of the Ministry of National Guard organized a training course on "Diabetes Care" which was attended by more than 75 consultants, specialists and medical workers. For his part, the regional executive director for health affairs at the Ministry of National Guard in the eastern sector, Dr. Ahmed Al-Arfaj, confirmed that this session is the twenty-first held by Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Hospital, and said: «This course comes after a continuous series of courses and programs that we seek to communicate the last results What the studies reached in the different medical fields, ”he added.“ The importance of this course lies because it talked about diabetics who need very special care, and they need permanent education and awareness because the disease does not develop into uncontrollable stages. ”
While the course was held for one intensive day, and the Saudi Commission for Health Specializations recorded it for seven training hours, and included a set of lectures and applied workshops, the lecturers spoke about diagnosing diabetes and its chronic complications, and caring for patients from a psychological point of view. The workshops also included how to start insulin, and the method Besides its use of modern drugs, another workshop talked about heart disease and gestational diabetes, and caring for diabetics during hypnosis.
While the course was supervised by the endocrinology and diabetes consultant at Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Hospital, Dr. Reem Al-Amoudi.
