The Ministry of Health has got the approval from the regulatory authorities for the first extension of the comprehensive operation and maintenance tender, for the buildings and stores belonging to the Medical Warehouses Department for a period of 15 months, from April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
Health sources told Al-Qabas that the cost of the extension is 2.8 million dinars, pending the completion of the new tender, saying the extension guarantees the continuation of receiving shipments and storing them in warehouses in Sabhan easily and smoothly and then distributing them to all facilities in hospitals and health centers according to requests.
However, the sources added they are subject to a number of control procedures such as auditing and review, to ensure the arrival of medicines and medical equipment without delay or obstacles and safe delivery of drugs to patients and visitors to the health facilities, noting the role of vital stores in maintaining the strategic drug stock for long periods, in anticipation of any emergency conditions.
The sources indicated that “the medical warehouses are among the vital departments in the ministry, and they have played an important role during the Covid-19 pandemic by meeting the needs of all quarantine centers and and various health facilities and state agencies in prior coordination with the Ministry of Health in addition to providing guidance on the optimal use of these requirements.
On the other hand, the sources stated that the ministry obtained the approval of the regulatory authorities, regarding direct contracting with one of the parties to supply medicines intended for the treatment of epilepsy in health centers and hospitals, at a cost of approximately 185 thousand dinars, pointing out its keenness to provide all medicines and medical supplies periodically in its facilities.
The Ministry of Health has also obtained the approval of the regulatory authorities to extend the tender contract for the provision of supportive medical services (lab technician, X-ray technician, pharmacy technician) for centers and hospitals in the Farwaniya and Jahra health regions for a period of one year, from May 5, 2023 to May 4, 2024.
Sources told the daily that the cost of the extension is about 4 million dinars, until the completion of the new procedures, stressing the keenness of officials to regularly provide medical care to patients and visitors in all facilities without hindrance.
Meanwhile, the regulatory authorities approved the Ministry of Health’s request regarding the first extension of a tender contract related to the maintenance of a data transmission and exchange system between technical teams in ambulances and public hospitals, using the TETRA digital communications network.
Health sources added the relevant system is used in ambulances when transporting any patients in critical condition from a house, street, or location, which requires the availability of medical recommendations prior to handing over the patient to the hospital with the help of the TETRA network, indicating the system’s contribution to saving the lives of many patients, especially the wounded over the past years, and it also enhances the preparations of the medical and nursing staff to receive patients before their arrival in the hospital, and to provide urgent care for critical cases, especially after knowing the extent of the injury or disease in advance.
The sources indicated that the extension period will be 6 months, starting from the 8th of this month, at a cost of 268 thousand dinars, until the completion of the new tender, pointing out that the data exchange system has reduced the time period required to provide treatment or surgical intervention, which thus reduced the rate of complications and deaths, similar to cases of urgent heart catheterization, and other cases that have been dealt with recently.
