NIHR’s Committee on Visiting Detention Places and Facilities Conducts a Field Visit to Salmaniya Medical Complex
Within the framework of the oversight role of the work of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), and in order to complete its plan in following up on the application of the standards related to the protection and promotion of human rights in general and the right to health in particular, the NIHR’s Committee on Visiting Detention Places and Facilities, under the chairpersonship of D. Malallah Al-Hammadi and membership of D. Hourria Abbas, has conducted a field visit to Salmaniya Medical Complex. The Committee members were received by Mr. Abdullah Al-Suwaidi, Director of the Human Resource Department in government hospitals, and D. Sanaa Al-Khawaja, Head of the Accident and Emergency Department, where they reviewed the services provided by the Accident and Emergency Department and the development it witnesses within the expansion of the new building of the Department, as well as the standards of adherence to the rights of patients and workers in the health sector.
During the field visit, the NIHR delegation met with the medical staff and patients in order to review the compliance with the precautionary measures followed, and the human rights standards stipulated in international laws and covenants, and learn about human rights issues that concern patients and how government hospitals deal with them.
This visit falls within the framework of the NIHR’s monitoring role, and complements its plan to follow up on the application of standards related to the protection and promotion of human rights.
