KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi on Sunday inaugurated Al-Mutlaa Health Center in the N11 suburb, a week after taking it over from the Public Authority for Housing Welfare as part of the expansion of primary healthcare centers in new residential cities. The ministry of health said in a press statement following the inauguration that the center currently includes general medicine clinics, an emergency and observation room, and a laboratory, and provides nursing services, pharmacy, dental services, a chronic disease clinic, a healthy child clinic, an obstetrics and gynecology clinic, a mental health clinic, and a surgery clinic.

The ministry revealed that it will take over Al-Mutlaa Specialized Health Center in the N10 suburb from the Public Corporation for Housing Welfare in the coming days and will work to operate the new Abdali Health Center soon as part of the ministry’s plan to expand primary healthcare centers as the first line of defense against diseases.

Al-Mutlaa City includes about 28,000 housing units. The center also serves Al-Abdali Road and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The release added that the center also contains a control hall for receiving reports, an equipment store, a consumables store, an oxygen cylinder store, an equipment sterilization and washing area, and an ambulance. — KUNA