activities
Khaled Al-Harbi, Assistant Director-General for Public Health, Madinah Health, inaugurated the educational and awareness campaign activities on the occasion of the World Hepatitis Day at Al-Ansar Hospital. During his speech, Al-Harbi said that according to the statistics of the early nineties, the epidemic is spreading at a rate of 2.7% among the population in the Kingdom, and it is estimated that it has been exposed to about about 500,000 people are at risk of developing hepatitis C disease, and the fourth genotype is the most prevalent in the Kingdom with 62%, indicating that hepatitis C is a serious disease and if neglected, it causes serious complications that may lead over time. To cirrhosis of the liver and the occurrence of serious tumors and cause death, indicating that the disease does not show symptoms until after several years and is evident in 40% of patients, indicating that one of the common ways of transmitting infection is the use of contaminated needles among medical workers, blood transfusion and the use of needles by Addicts, Chinese acupuncture and body piercing using non-sterile needles, and Al-Harbi hopes that we will convey the message of the events to the community by raising awareness of these diseases and the ways of transmission of these viruses. Reducing it while discussing modern methods to raise awareness of the correct treatment methods and psychologically support these patients to coexist with the disease, treatment and society, calling on everyone to consult a doctor and conduct tests for hepatitis C.
In the same context, the director of Al-Ansar Hospital in the city, Dr. Farid bin Abdulmohsen Al-Nuzha, praised all the projects and activities that made supporting the patient and educating the community through strategic awareness projects in adopting many ambitions in raising the level of health service and communicating with the medical community in the easiest way to complete the construction and complete the project successfully. Dr. Yousef Al-Ahmadi, a specialist in family medicine, gave an awareness lecture on the disease in terms of causes, symptoms, types and how to prevent it, in addition to several awareness lectures on hepatitis B and C, in addition to general discussions and workshops.
