The Ministry of Health and Community Protection decided to allow private health facilities to resume providing all their health services, which had previously been suspended or postponed, with previous decisions, with the exception of surgical operations that could be postponed, with the need to confirm in advance the availability of blood units and their components for use when needed, for operations that do not It can be postponed.
According to Administrative Decision No. “6009” for the year 2020, issued by the Assistant Undersecretary for Public Health Policy and Licenses, Dr. Amin Hussein Al-Amiri, and “Emirates Today” obtained a copy of it. Private health facilities must adhere to a number of precautionary and preventive measures represented in operating only 30% Of the capacity of the facilities to preserve public safety and prevent infection, and obligate all workers in the health facility to wear personal protection supplies and equipment, including masks, gloves, and other supplies depending on the nature of the work.
The Ministry also stipulated that all worlds in the facility be subjected to daily heat inspection, provide hand sanitizers at the entrance to the health facility, and obligate the dealers to use them when entering, subject all the customers to heat testing at the entrance to the health facility, and take appropriate measures in that regard, with the need to keep a distance of at least a meter Half of the workers inside the facility are described without prejudice to the requirements and requirements of performing the work and providing the service, and obliging the auditors to keep a distance of not less than one and a half meters between them, by placing signs or stickers on the floors in the designated parking places, including the places designated for waiting.
The Ministry stressed the need for medical facilities to organize appointments, in a way that ensures that auditors are not crowded and crowded in a manner that prevents the application of preventive and precautionary measures to avoid the transmission of infection, while placing banners and posters throughout the health facility that clarify correct preventive measures such as washing hands and using sterilizers to prevent the transmission of infection, as well as applying Preventive measures to avoid crowding and overcrowding of employees and workers within the health facility.
The Ministry stressed the need to sterilize health facility facilities periodically, with care for the reception areas for auditors, consulting rooms and elevators, and all door handles according to the guidelines approved by the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, with the need to close all areas of children's play and entertainment rooms in the health facility and to emphasize auditors not to Take children with them, when checking in the health facility, unless the child is himself sick, and make sure to familiarize themselves with and work with protocols for dealing with suspected and confirmed cases of HIV virus 19.
The Ministry warned against non-compliance with the previous procedures, confirming that any violation of the decision would expose its perpetrator to the sanctions and penalties mentioned in the legislation in force in the country.