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Article: Bahrain private hospitals in dumping row.
- Article from:
- TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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(Dateline: Manama )
Private hospitals have been rapped for dumping emergency patients on government facilities without warning.
The warning follows a string of incidents in which critically ill patients have been sent from private to government hospitals without even a phone call.
The warning was issued during a meeting between ministry officials and representatives of private hospitals, at the ministry premises in Juffair last Tuesday, sources said yesterday.
The meeting, presided over by Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer, was called to discuss the 'irresponsible' role of private fertility centres, private hospitals' co-operation in ...