E-Participate
Upon the directives of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and within the framework of implementing the winning ideas of 2020 in the Government Innovation Competition (Fikra), the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health launched the first stage of the "Paramedic in Every House" Programme to improve the quality and efficiency of health services, which aims to create a national programme to train school health professionals and students the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while utilizing the curriculum to teach students different levels of first aid training. These initiatives and programmes also aim to increase first aid awareness among targeted community segments, increase the survival rate for injured patients, and improve sustainable development indicators.
Understanding the basic first aid skills and procedures and expanding the scope of these humanitarian programmes contributes to developing a safer, healthier, and more sustainable community, which helps in responding to a variety of critical cases and injuries appropriately and providing emergency or immediate care to prevent harm, particularly avoidable harm or potential complications.
Mobile Units have been provided for the elderly in primary healthcare centres to provide nursing services and elderly care at their homes, particularly those who cannot come to the health centres in person to receive the required care services. The implementation of this programme was prompted by the observations and needs of the elderly to provide them with a healthy, supportive life as they age. The Units provide a package of health services, comprehensive preventive and curative care services that keep pace with the various needs of this age group. This reflects the response to the needs of the elderly, and individuals with special needs, ensuring their easy access to healthcare services.
The Mobile Unit for the elderly consists of two teams, one for men and the other for women, and each team has four employees(a Qualified Nurse, two Home Care Technicians and a Medical Driver).The Units were distributed into five mobile units to cover medical care in all governorates of the Kingdom so that each Unit would include eight employees and two buses.
These Units depart from the health centres and conduct home visits from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at a rate of six days a week. They provide health, social and psychological services to the elderly aged 60 years or over who cannot come to the health centres in person to receive healthcare services. These services include the following:
- Measurement of Blood Pressure.
- Measurement of Blood Sugar.
- Withdrawing Blood Samples for Laboratory.
- Giving Different Types of Injections.
- Changing the dressings of all types of wounds and ulcers.
- Changing and taking care of the urinary catheter.
- Changing and taking care of the feeding tube.
- Assisting Patients with Personal Hygiene.
- Providing advice and guidance to the elderly and their parents or caregivers.
As part of the ongoing efforts to develop a healthy and sustainable system that is based on the best international standards and good standards of living by providing all the supportive measures and health and treatment services for all special needs individuals, particularly by broadening the horizons for integration between the public and private sectors, and in accordance with the Kingdom of Bahrain's directives to provide the best healthcare and services to all society members, this initiative was launched to meet the "Tawasul" System and other channels’ requirements and contribute to improve the Bahrain healthcare sector and consider the needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals.
The Visual Centre for Sign Language Medicine has been opened at primary healthcare facilities. It is the first of its kind health service devoted to deaf and hard of hearing individuals. The centre, which is the fruitful outcome of the cooperation between primary healthcare centres, Zain Bahrain and the Bahrain Deaf Society, aims to address the needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals by promoting effective communication with Doctors and Healthcare Professionals.
The launch of this service also embodies the visions and supportive directions of the Kingdom's healthcare sector of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the continuous follow-up and support of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister.
Launching the Visual Centre for Sign Language Medicine highlights the value of close collaboration between all societal institutions from the private and civil sectors in achieving the Kingdom's objectives in various vital sectors, particularly the healthcare sector. This distinguished service was introduced to assist the deaf community, which is considered a significant and distinctive station to support primary healthcare centres providing health services to this group. This service meets their needs by directly approaching Doctors and other Healthcare Professionals, and it demonstrates the community's partnership in achieving the desired health aspirations to strengthen the health system and serve the country's and its citizens' interests.
