The Charitable Association for the Care of Chronic Diseases in the Holy Capital revealed that the percentage of Saudis who benefit from home health care services provided by the association has reached 75%, while the association seeks to provide the necessary medical services for them, and the association stated in a report that 23% of these patients do not exist Those who take care of them, while 65% of them cannot meet the requirements of taking care of themselves, and the report indicated that 14% of patients may not be able to dispense with the services of the association in the aspect of home health care, and for its part, the questionnaire conducted by the association confirmed that 95% of Patients who receive the Society''s services on the home health care side feel comfortable providing the service to them, at a time when 67% confirmed the sufficiency of the medical team''s monthly visits to follow up on their condition, and in the context of
Dr. Khaled Abdullah Tayyib, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “Shefa” Association and Director of the Diabetes Center at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital in Makkah, Dr. Khaled Abdullah Tayeb, explained that the association provides services to patients.
65 percent of patients cannot meet the care needs of those who need home health care and who cannot go to the hospital, especially the elderly, diabetics, hypertension, heart failure, pulmonary diseases, kidney and liver failure, and obesity, in addition to those suffering from movement disabilities, bedridden patients, catheter patients and cancer patients. . Ok, until the association has prepared three medical teams, each of which includes a doctor, a physiotherapist, two nurses, a sociologist, a health educator, and a clinical nutrition specialist. Tayyib: “The medical teams have been provided with private cars and medical supplies, as they visit patients according to pre-set timetables.” It is noteworthy that the Charitable Association for the Care of Chronic Diseases in the Holy Capital “Shifa” aspires to be a pioneering model for medical and social care for people with chronic diseases in the capital. Holy, as well as achieving leadership in training, health education and scientific research, and the association aims to provide care for people with chronic diseases and those in need, and educate them about high quality and optimal use of resources.
