MINISTRY OF HEALTH LAUNCHES THE SERVICE OF NOTIFYING THE MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION OF PATIENT THROUGH 'SAHEL'

  • 12/08/2022

Kuwait City:  Ministry of Health launched a new service through the “Sahel” application, which consists of notifying the patient's medical prescription and a statement of the prescription for frequently dispensed medicines and chronic diseases.


The official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad announced the activation of linking the dispensing of medicines in primary health care centers “in the current stage” through the unified government application for electronic services (easy), under the directives and follow-up of the Minister of Health. Dr. Khaled Al-Saeed, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry, Dr. Mustafa Reda.

The new service consists in the appearance of an immediate notification to the patient when medications are dispensed through the list of “notifications” of the application, with the prescription and a of the prescription for the frequently Dispensed medications for chronic diseases, which in addition to appearing in the list of application notifications, will be documented in the list of “data” » The application itself, which includes the types of medicines dispensed, the doses, the date and time of dispensing the prescription, the health center and the name of the pharmacist/doctor, appreciating the efforts of all workers to complete this work and provide all the digital health services that are easy for citizens.

This was stated by the Assistant Undersecretary for Digital Health Affairs at the Ministry of Health, Eng. Ahmed Al-Gharib said that notifications of dispensing medicines for children under 16 years of age will be sent to the child's guardian during the upcoming stages of developing the service.

It was between m. It is strange to activate the new service, which included in its first phase primary health care centers, and that it will soon include in the second phase hospitals and specialized centers, provided that the service is developed to include all hospitals in the country.

In the context of the governance and control of drug dispensing, Mr.Strangely enough, it is necessary to visit the health center in the event of receiving a notification to dispense a drug without the knowledge of the person concerned.

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