4.5 Considering some groups who’s their health conditions require special attention,
the government issued a number of decisions related to work, where the system of
remote work was implemented for those who carriers of chronic diseases, pregnant
women and mothers, and the work rotation system was applied in workplaces.
4.6 With regard to treatment, (4) approved vaccines were provided to citizens and
residents of the Kingdom free of charge, and approved vaccines were provided to the
elderly in their homes through special mobile units, and the same vaccines were
provided to all inmates on an equal basis in detention centers.
4.7 The NIHR commends the issuance of Decision No. (27) of 2020, regarding
stopping the collection of medical consultation fees, contained in Decision No. 2 of
2017 regarding health services fees for non-Bahrainis. The NIHR confirms that the
Minister of Health’s decision regarding suspension of fees for health services
provided to foreign patients in the government health centers, seeks to strengthen
the Kingdom’s measures in combating the Covid-19 and the keenness and interest
of the Ministry of Health to preserve the safety of all patients, whether citizens or
residents.
4.8 In the interest of the NIHR to provide the necessary protection for the right to
enjoy the highest level of health, it received a number of related complaints, totaling
(49) complaints related to the right to health in (2019), in addition to (27) related
complaints in (2020), and ( 27 ) complaints in (2021).The (NIHR) made direct
communication regarding a number of them, and the concerned authorities were
addressed about them, while some cases were saved for lack of authority.
4.9 The NIHR also provided legal aid to (126) cases related to the right to health in
(2019), in addition to (125) in (2020), and ( 108 ) in (2021). The NIHR communicated
directly in some cases, while some parties were addressed for humanitarian reasons.
4.10 In (2019), the NIHR monitored (13) cases related to the right to health, in addition
to (46) cases in (2020), and ( 32 ) cases in (2021), where the NIHR immediately
established direct communication with the owners of the observed cases or their
families, and direct communication and correspondence were made to the official
authorities of a number of them for humanitarian reasons, while some were informed
of the procedures to be followed.
4.11 The NIHR also rushed during the pandemic period to make announced and
unannounced field visits to a number of centers affiliated with the Ministry of the
Interior and to isolation and quarantine centers affiliated with the Ministry of Health
that the state has allocated in various governorates to treat people infected with
Corona virus, follow up on the development of their cases, and the cases of those in
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