NIHR’s Committee on Visiting Detention Places and Facilities Conducts a Field Visit to King Hamad University Hospital
The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)’s Committee on Visiting Detention Places and Facilities, under the chairpersonship of D. Malallah Al-Hammadi and membership of D. Hooria Abbas, has conducted a field visit to King Hamad University Hospital, in order to view the hospital’s departments and facilities and monitor the level of health services provided to everyone.
During the visit, the members met with a number of hospital officials, who gave a brief about the health services and procedures in the hospital. They also conducted interviews with a number of auditors in several departments, for the purpose of obtaining their opinion on the procedures taken and having a closer view of the healthcare provided to them.
The members also toured hospital facilities and checked the appropriateness of the conditions of the place and procedures for preserving the right to health, and to what extent they conform with international standards related to the human right to health.
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.
