While the infrastructure of health clinics, hospitals, and specialized centers continues to be developed and upgraded, the Healthy Ministry had made it its mission to use current digital technologies to proliferate its services via using applications to reach wider tech-savvy audiences and clients.
In line with the digitization of services, the “Q8Seha” application, launched by the Ministry in 2021, came as a step to elevate healthcare services in Kuwait.
In other achievements, the Health Ministry achieved 80 percent of its 2013-launched national survey to detect and prevent diseases causing loss of hearing and ear infections.
Genetic ailments and their treatments were also on the radar of the Health Ministry, which founded an advanced laboratory for genetic assessment at the Kuwait Medical Genetic Center (KMGC).
In another important step, an Amiri decree was signed to establish the Dhaman Health Assurance Hospitals, a public and private sector venture at a capital of KD 230 million (around USD 16.97 million).
Around 24 percent of the Dhaman company’s shares is owned by the state, the private sector has around 26 percent, and 50 percent is given to Kuwaiti citizens shareholders.
While the State of Kuwait continues to implement its plans for overall development, the future for the healthcare sectors seems to be on the upbeat as the public and private sectors, exemplified in the Dhaman venture, aim to become the top medical provider in the Middle East region.
Source: Qatar News Agency