and its health facilities, and moreover, the decision provided that the medicines prescribed by the doctors of the abovementioned patients not to be disbursed by the pharmacies of the Ministry of Health clinics and their medical facilities, whereby the patient is responsible for purchasing the medications from private pharmacies. 45. Hence, the National Institution emphasizes that the decision of the Ministry of Health concerning fees for health services for non-Bahrainis, was in line with the provisions of the Constitution and the laws and regulations in force, and is not in conflict with the principle of equality and nondiscrimination, as set forth in international and regional instruments and conventions related to human rights. 46.  The National Institution lauds the directives of the Government concerning increasing the budgetary allocations of the Ministry of Health in the State Budget for the remaining period of the fiscal year 2017 in the amount of around 15 million Dinars to be allocated for defrayal of the expenses associated with providing medicines and medical supplies for public hospital and health centres affiliated to the Ministry. 47. Within the framework of the jurisdiction of the National Institution to monitor the human rights situation within the time scope of the Report, it identified a set of challenges and problems facing individuals within the context of enjoying the right to health, most importantly: deficiency in medical human resources in sensitive specializations such as heart diseases, implantation of kidneys, cancer illnesses, and the fact that all the patients suffering those illnesses are concentrated in Salmaniya Medical Complex which results in an inability to offer treatment services of the required standard and quality, in view of the huge pressure associated with providing the treatment services to those patients. 48. As regards its jurisdiction to receive complaints and offer legal assistance, in accordance with its Establishment Law, the Institution has received since the beginning 2017 (55) complaints and (37) requests for legal assistance related to the right to healthcare, such to persons whose freedom is restricted, where the matter revolves around delays in receiving treatment, and not obtaining medicines, where communication was undertaken with the concerned quarter and the suitable solutions were devised and it was ascertained that they availed of the suitable medicines and treatment. Section V: Right to Education 1. In view of the importance and basic standing of education in the field of human rights, and given that it is a main guarantor of exercising and reinforcing the other rights connected to this right, the Kingdom of Bahrain has actually attached great importance to education through developing the education which the individual receives, with a view to preserving human dignity, alongside 91