ATTEMPT TO REDUCE REPS VISITING HEALTH CLINIC

  • 24/07/2022

Kuwait City: Health sources revealed that the Ministry of Health is researching a regulatory mechanism for the visits of representatives of pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies to healthcare facilities in an effort to control the "marketing propaganda" of pharmaceutical products inside healthcare facilities and the ensuing "opportunistic" suspicions. Based on observations of the detrimental consequences of these erratic visits on the workflow during scheduled working hours, this action was taken. 


In a relaxed setting, the new system considers both the rights of patients and the job of clinicians. Obtaining a prior appointment from the heads or managers of health facilities to be after the end of the working hours in a way that does not interfere with patients' appointments is one of the most crucial components of the proposed mechanism, according to the sources, along with preventing delegates' visits during official working hours and regulating the number of visits by representatives of each company. 

The items also included choosing a date on which the department head will meet with company representatives, in the presence of a few doctors who are able to stay behind after working hours, after receiving prior approval from the management of the healthcare facilities and coordinating with the heads of departments in this regard. The sources emphasised that the main goal of the regulation mechanism is to prevent any harmful effects that these visits might have.

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