Loss of life expectancy of 14 years due to health risks

The Minister of Health d. Tawfiq Alrabiah, the ministry is facing health problems, as nearly 14 years of life expectancy are lost due to health risks. He added that prevention was one of the concerns that health attached to the citizen through the vision of the Kingdom by 2030 and, in this regard, the creation of the National Center for Prevention and Control of diseases, in addition to hosting the World Kingdom Conference on Patient Safety.

This happened during the inauguration yesterday in Riyadh of the "World Health Forum", explaining that the most important pillar of the conference is the awareness of entrepreneurship in the private sector with the participation of small and medium enterprises, where health has developed a relevant department and dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship.

Dr. Al-Rabiah emphasized the importance of health in the private sector and its commitment to creating an optimal investment environment for the health sector and making it more attractive, and working towards to strengthen the Kingdom's position on the competitiveness of companies in the ranks of the most developed countries, through an internal restructuring, including the creation of tasks to develop health investment and the launch of an online licensing program. Shorten the licensing process in minutes, launch a self-assessment system for private institutions, expand the private service procurement program, renew dialysis center contracts, finalize long-term care assignments, home care Palliative care of the private sector, one of the health goals of increasing the contribution of the private health sector, consider supporting entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises is causing more and more more attention and is the main driver of the national economy.

He emphasized that health pays the greatest attention to the promotion of health opportunities and innovations, noting that the 2030 Vision of the health sector emphasized the importance of health care and the health model. health care, as well as health in all policies, which relied heavily on innovations.

He added that the Ministry of Health has 4 robots in Riyadh, Asir, Najran and Dammam, with more than 700 operations performed, my prescriptions being applied in more than 400 health centers and more than 600 000 electronic prescriptions. And about 8,000 reports on the platform.