ophthalmology, internal medicine, heart, or regarding obtaining dispensing
orders to dispense supplies or healthy meals for inmates suffering from
chronic diseases, as well as other areas. The NIHR has studied all of the
requests and taken the necessary action in their regard. It immediately
communicated with correction and rehabilitation centers and pre-trial
detention centers to check on the health conditions of the inmates and
detainees, and found out that appropriate solutions were made.
2. In connection with the right to health, especially after the outbreak of the
Corona virus (Covid-19), the NIHR provided legal assistance to the family
of one of the inmates in the Correction and Rehabilitation Center, in which
they requested to check on their son’s health condition and make sure that
he was not infected with Covid-19. The NIHR immediately made direct
contact with the administration of the Center to check up on the health
status of the inmate, and it turned out that he had been transferred to the
field hospital to receive the necessary treatment and health care.
Section Three: Monitoring the human rights situation (fact finding)
1. The NIHR is responsible for monitoring cases of human rights violations,
investigating a specific incident or allegation of human rights violations,
and conducting announced and unannounced field visits to monitor the
human rights situation in correctional institutions, places of detention, labor
gatherings, health and educational centers, or any other public place
suspected of being a site of human rights violations. Furthermore, it is
responsible for making suggestions pertaining to the initiatives aimed at
putting an end to these violations, and when necessary, expressing its
opinion on the position and reactions of those parties.
2. The NIHR has monitored (26) cases connected with the individual’s right
to the enjoyment of the highest attainable level of health (the right to
health), of which (11) cases were for ordinary people and (15) cases
related to inmates in reform and rehabilitation centers or remand centers.
The monitoring cases and the actions taken therein can be summarized as
follows:
First: Ordinary people
1. The NIHR monitored news about a medical negligence claim made by a
Covid-19 infected patient named (S.F.J.) in the Salmaniya Medical
Complex. Immediately, the NIHR contacted the patient’s family to inquire
about his health condition and the measures taken in this regard. It also
followed up the statement made by the Ministry of Health regarding the
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