Comments for Kuwait Health Initiative http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com Promoting Health Sector Reform in Kuwait Fri, 16 May 2008 02:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on The Health of Kuwait – Awake Yet? by Carl Rodia http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-awake-yet/#comment-830 Carl Rodia Wed, 14 May 2008 16:18:26 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/the-health-of-kuwait-%e2%80%93-awake-yet/#comment-830 Nadeem: Your articles and comments are very good. We are preparing to create a major health care institution in Kuwait based on American standards and staffed with American physicians, surgeons, and managers. Do you have any opinion about the overall planning of such a project, its pitfalls, and its focus (other than the obvious)? If so, I'd be delighted to discuss this with you. Sincerely, Carl Rodia, president Carl M. Rodia & Associates, Inc. USA carl@hospitalengineers.net Nadeem: Your articles and comments are very good. We are preparing to create a major health care institution in Kuwait based on American standards and staffed with American physicians, surgeons, and managers. Do you have any opinion about the overall planning of such a project, its pitfalls, and its focus (other than the obvious)? If so, I’d be delighted to discuss this with you.
Sincerely,
Carl Rodia, president
Carl M. Rodia & Associates, Inc.
USA
carl@hospitalengineers.net

]]> Comment on Health care providers by nadeem http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-829 nadeem Wed, 14 May 2008 16:00:23 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-829 Hi Heba, thanks for your question. Please expect an email response that addresses it. All the best. Hi Heba, thanks for your question. Please expect an email response that addresses it.

All the best.

]]> Comment on About us by nadeem http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/about-us/#comment-828 nadeem Wed, 14 May 2008 15:54:01 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/about-us/#comment-828 Hi Marja, thanks for your note. The EMS system in Kuwait is predominantly government-based. Upon calling 777, the call center dispatches an ambulance. From feedback we have received, the 777 service is not always reliable owing, in part, to the lack of training of dispatchers. Staffing of ambulances can be variable and, although the EMS does have trained paramedics, the services provided do not always equal that provided by traditional ALS crews seen in the Anglo-american model. Anectodal evidence suggests that paramedics are beginning to take on more responsibilities. However, many still just scoop and run without providing comprehensive ALS services. Since a lot of our cases are polytrauma victims, this may not be such a bad thing after all (as recent Canadian evidence suggests). The deficits clearly appear to be in the response times and the crew's knowledge-base in disease recognition. With regards to directing patients in case of a life-threat, it is classic teaching that the nearest ED is the right answer since time is myocardium, brain, limb, vision, etc. For other emergencies, patients must go to their region's main medical center (as per their civil ID location). This goes for public services. When it comes to private facilities, things get a little complicated. You see, most private hospitals do not have the full array of services necessary to care for critically ill patients. Actually, they will often deflect or redirect patients to a major public center. For this reason and since their standards of care are difficult to assess, we currently cannot recommend visiting a private hospital for a life-threatening emergency. For minor emergencies, hospitals such as New Mowasat, Al-Salam International Hospital, along with a few others are sufficiently equipped to handle them. I hope that this helps. Feel free to contact us directly using the "contact us" page. All the best. Hi Marja, thanks for your note. The EMS system in Kuwait is predominantly government-based. Upon calling 777, the call center dispatches an ambulance. From feedback we have received, the 777 service is not always reliable owing, in part, to the lack of training of dispatchers. Staffing of ambulances can be variable and, although the EMS does have trained paramedics, the services provided do not always equal that provided by traditional ALS crews seen in the Anglo-american model. Anectodal evidence suggests that paramedics are beginning to take on more responsibilities. However, many still just scoop and run without providing comprehensive ALS services. Since a lot of our cases are polytrauma victims, this may not be such a bad thing after all (as recent Canadian evidence suggests). The deficits clearly appear to be in the response times and the crew’s knowledge-base in disease recognition.

With regards to directing patients in case of a life-threat, it is classic teaching that the nearest ED is the right answer since time is myocardium, brain, limb, vision, etc. For other emergencies, patients must go to their region’s main medical center (as per their civil ID location). This goes for public services. When it comes to private facilities, things get a little complicated. You see, most private hospitals do not have the full array of services necessary to care for critically ill patients. Actually, they will often deflect or redirect patients to a major public center. For this reason and since their standards of care are difficult to assess, we currently cannot recommend visiting a private hospital for a life-threatening emergency. For minor emergencies, hospitals such as New Mowasat, Al-Salam International Hospital, along with a few others are sufficiently equipped to handle them.

I hope that this helps. Feel free to contact us directly using the “contact us” page.

All the best.

]]> Comment on Health care providers by heba http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-827 heba Wed, 14 May 2008 11:32:32 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-827 KS, do you use to work as a psyhiatrists in UK and living right know in kuwait, if yes how can i reach you with you KS, do you use to work as a psyhiatrists in UK and living right know in kuwait, if yes how can i reach you with you

]]> Comment on About us by Marja http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/about-us/#comment-826 Marja Wed, 14 May 2008 09:50:27 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/about-us/#comment-826 I am a Canadian nurse and first aid instructor. I get a lot of questions about how the EMS service works here in Kuwait. I also get a lot of questions about which hospital to go to in case of heart attack and other various emergencies. Would you please comment. I am a Canadian nurse and first aid instructor. I get a lot of questions about how the EMS service works here in Kuwait. I also get a lot of questions about which hospital to go to in case of heart attack and other various emergencies. Would you please comment.

]]> Comment on Health care providers by Raed http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-825 Raed Wed, 14 May 2008 04:56:53 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-825 Dear Foreigner In Kuwait, thank you for sharing your story. As much we hope that what had happened to you was due to a technical fault, we hope that it was not due to a lousy telephone operator or the tip of a mass national moral catastrophe. Dear Foreigner In Kuwait, thank you for sharing your story. As much we hope that what had happened to you was due to a technical fault, we hope that it was not due to a lousy telephone operator or the tip of a mass national moral catastrophe.

]]> Comment on Health care providers by foreigner in kuwait http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-823 foreigner in kuwait Sun, 11 May 2008 07:27:14 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-823 Whenever I tried to call the public hospitals esp. the al sabah hosp. to ask something, they hung up as soon as they know that I am a foreigner,is this the way they treat patients or only to foreigners like me? what's the use of of paying KD 50 for our health insurance if even a small information they cannot provide it for us? Whenever I tried to call the public hospitals esp. the al sabah hosp. to ask something, they hung up as soon as they know that I am a foreigner,is this the way they treat patients or only to foreigners like me? what’s the use of of paying KD 50 for our health insurance if even a small information they cannot provide it for us?

]]> Comment on Health care providers by mohamad zahwa http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-822 mohamad zahwa Wed, 07 May 2008 18:10:55 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-822 dir sir or madam, i am a physiotherapist graduated from the university saint joseph in beirut . i am searching a job in physical therapy domain in kuwait i am looking forward for any info or response .any one can help me please mail me at mzahwa@hotmail.com..thanks for all. dir sir or madam,
i am a physiotherapist graduated from the university saint joseph in beirut . i am searching a job in physical therapy domain in kuwait i am looking forward for any info or response .any one can help me please mail me at mzahwa@hotmail.com..thanks for all.

]]> Comment on Health care providers by nadeem http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-814 nadeem Mon, 05 May 2008 18:04:39 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-814 Dear Lynette, To my knowledge, the Dasman Center for Research and Treatment of Diabetes lists a single podiatrist on staff in their facility. Please refer to their web site for more information: http://www.dcrtd.org.kw All the best. Dear Lynette,

To my knowledge, the Dasman Center for Research and Treatment of Diabetes lists a single podiatrist on staff in their facility. Please refer to their web site for more information: http://www.dcrtd.org.kw

All the best.

]]> Comment on Health care providers by lynette http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-812 lynette Sun, 04 May 2008 13:19:00 +0000 http://kuwaithealth.wordpress.com/health-care-providers/#comment-812 Can someone please recommend a podiatrist in Kuwait (i.e. doctor's and hospital's name) Can someone please recommend a podiatrist in Kuwait (i.e. doctor’s and hospital’s name)

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