News 24 A fine of 10,000 riyals for a doctor has doubled the cost of old treatment by performing non-disease-related tests

The Minister of Health, Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, approved the decision of the Medical Offenses Committee in Jeddah to charge a doctor working in one of the Lith complexes for 10,000 riyals.

The decision, according to the "precedent" of the violation by the doctor of the health professions system in operation, for the abuse of dealing with an elderly patient, double the cost of treatment by performing tests n & # 39; is not related to the complaint disease.

The old woman's son said that he had taken his mother to one of Lith's medical centers several months ago. Complaint against the doctor.

He pointed out that the doctor did not improve in the face of his mother, who did not care about his health and that his goal was only money. He then made his voice heard and did not respect the rights of patients.