The Ministry of Health and Population revealed the working hours and services in primary care facilities Within the initiative of the President to develop centers and units, which number 5426, where basic services are provided from 8 am to 2 pm, and are represented in primary care services, presidential initiatives services, and family medicine services. From 6:00 pm until 8:00 am, emergency services are provided that operate on a 24-hour system, while home visit services, “At Home We Take Care of You”, are provided two days a week for the elderly and people of determination.
The Ministry of Health stated that the services provided in primary care facilities include the women’s health initiative, the youth and adolescents initiative, medical examination for school students and compulsory vaccinations, the elderly initiative, the upcoming marriage initiative, assessment and psychological and nutritional support, the anemia, obesity and dwarfism initiative, audiological examination, evaluation, psychological and nutritional support. Mother and fetus health initiative, medical examination, school immunizations, thyroid hormone examination, diseases, metabolism, periodic analyzes, follow-up of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum, examination of genetic diseases in nurseries, family planning, child follow-up, chronic diseases and renal disease initiative, chronic diseases and renal disease initiative, micronutrient exchange, evaluation, psychological and nutritional support , Evaluation and exchange of milk similar to breast milk, micronutrient exchange and therapeutic milk exchange.
And the Ministry of Health added that the number of beneficiaries of the service initiative primary care It reached 80,545,26 citizens in 21 governorates, and she said that family planning services provided in primary care facilities are represented in home visits through rural pioneers, health awareness seminars through rural pioneers, follow-up on the supply of means, counseling services, medical examination, and disbursement services for family planning methods.