obstetrics and gynecology clinics at Al-Safa Hospital
The General Directorate of Health Affairs in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah region has officially confirmed the closure of obstetrics and gynecology clinics at Al-Safa Hospital, and the cessation of surgical operations.
Prince Abdulaziz bin Majid, Governor of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah region, ordered the travel ban of the defendants in the case of the death of Mrs. Najat Obaid Belhamer after his visit to the hospital on Saturday evening and hearing the opinion of specialists in the formed committee, after the hospital owner failed to implement an administrative decision issued by the committee in this regard.
In a press conference held by the Acting Director General of Health Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Fattah Othman, and attended by the Assistant Director of Medical Services, Dr. Fahd Khushaim, and the Director of Medical Licenses, Dr. Khaled Al-Harbi, he explained that the case of Najat Obaid Belhamer, who died after performing a caesarean section as a result of a blood transfusion of a blood type other than her blood type. At dawn on Thursday, the third of August, she left behind her four children and a husband, all of its procedural aspects have been fulfilled, after shortcomings and shortcomings in the basic equipment were noted, and it is impossible for them to be considered by the Sharia health board, adding that the Sharia board to which the case was referred It is headed by a Shari''a judge, and it is the only one empowered to assess sentences according to the errors recorded on the convicts.
In a dramatic scenario, the brother of the deceased, engineer Omar Belhamer, spoke about the chapters of the tragedy that followed until the moment of his sister''s death. He said that there was a photographer in the hospital''s capabilities and a clear weakness in the rehabilitation of the medical staff. He also spoke about the sudden deterioration of the mother’s health, severe blood clots, and the failure of medical treatment that followed the blood transfusion. After the case reached a critical point, she was urgently transferred to the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, where she was admitted without an attached medical report describing her condition. And there was a waste of time, which led to the lapse of the time opportunity that should have been invested in trying to save it. He said that he had bargained for the waiver of the right to pay him a sum of money of up to 80,000 riyals.
The Director of Health Affairs, Dr. Abdel-Fattah Othman, confirmed that the follow-up is carried out according to routine or sudden levels or in response to citizens’ reports, and the health facility is re-evaluated upon renewal of its license in an extensive and complete manner, and that licensing for new hospitals is only carried out according to buildings and facilities that are able to perform services. He indicated that the total number of legal cases that have been considered during the past four years is 117, while the number of medical violations has reached 55, and he has reduced the rate of medical errors in the public and private sectors in relation to the number of cases that are treated and diagnosed.
