Health care for all

The Cabinet chaired by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Premier, approved, the necessary legal tools to implement the first phase of the Health Insurance System by giving green light to seven draft decrees and resolutions. 

The recommendations were put forward by the Ministerial Committee for Legal and Legislative Affairs and presented by the Deputy Premier and committee chairman before the Cabinet.

They include the nomination of the minister in charge of Health Insurance Law, the formation of the Board of Directors of the Health Insurance Fund, the separation of some existing governmental health institutions from the Ministry of Health, the formation of the Board of Trustees of government hospitals and primary health care centres, the establishment of the Supreme Council of Health, the implementation phases of the Health Insurance System, and determining the hospitals and primary health care centres that will be covered by the Health Insurance System.

Among other things, HRH Premier reviewed the implementation progress at the Mohammed bin Khalifa Specialist Cardiac Hospital in Awali, as part of his constant follow-up on service and development projects across the Kingdom.