The field teams in the Compliance Auxiliary Department in “Riyadh Health” revealed that they carried out 200,563 monitoring and inspection rounds on private health institutions, which resulted in the detection of 9,528 violations that were referred to the relevant committees, while 3,349 closures were carried out, in addition to the withdrawal of 19 licenses, during the past year 2021. .
The “Riyadh Health” indicated that it closed 43,362 complaints and reports through the 937 service, and examined 4,207 medical cases related to violations of health facilities and their workers against health regulations, regulations and requirements, as 3,349 decisions were issued penalizing violators.
She emphasized that she was keen to intensify her daily monitoring and awareness visits with the aim of raising the level of commitment of health institutions in hospitals, complexes, pharmacies and other health institutions, pointing out that the tasks of the compliance team include monitoring health institutions in the private sector, and that compliance monitors conduct hundreds of daily visits to institutions and pharmacies to ensure their compliance. .
And it called on health care providers and health practitioners, to adhere to the health requirements contained in the health systems and the preventive procedures and measures followed in Saudi Arabia, in order to preserve the health and safety of patients and to avoid the infliction of regular penalties, which amount to a fine of 300,000 riyals and the closure of the facility, and the withdrawal of the license of the institution and the health practitioner and prevention of it. For up to two years.