National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that the failure of the stores department in the Ministry of Health to finish the medications and health supplies that are close to expiry led the ministry to suffer financial losses due to the expiry of some medications.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that the reason behind running out or medications within the past years is that the Ministry of Health minimized the quantities of requirements planned by the Inventory Management department for the tender for the purchase of medications made during the years 2016 and 2017, in a way that is not commensurate with the actual rate of consumption of those medicines and without clear justifications.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that 12 main medications are not available in Ministry of Health central stores, in contravention of the minimum required pharmaceutical needs for basic health care.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that Al-Salmaniya Medical Center Accident and Emergency Department delays starting the treatment of emergency and urgent patients.

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health Waleed Al-Mana'a admitted the presence of medicine crisis at the ministry, but he said that the matter doesn't exceed "shortage of medications" and doesn't form a crisis.

Salman Bin Ateyatalla Al Khalifa, King Hamad University Hospital Chief Executive Office, said average of cancer tumors, according to modern medical reports, are increasing. King Hamad Oncology Center receives between 50 and 60 patients daily.

The First High Civilian Court (Administrative Directorate) abolished a decision issued by Disciplinary Committee in the Ministry of Health due to misusing its authority. The committee had ordered the suspension of a doctor in a private hospital for one year, after a complaint submitted by one of his patients who claimed that she was almost losing her life because of him.

The Ministry of Health denied what has been recently circulated on a number of media outlets and social networking about Aspirin warning, stressing that the Aspirin drug supplied by hospitals and health centers is safe to take by patients who need it.

Dr. Ibrahim Farouk Obaid, head of the medical committee, stressed that number of cases suffering heart attacks among Bahraini pilgrims increased to 4, adding that 16 pilgrims who most of them suffer from fractures, bruises and teeth pain have been transferred to Al-Noor Specialist Hospital.

Bahraini doctors expressed their disappointment at the delay of the Ministry of Health in employing them, despite the fact that they graduated from the Arabian Gulf University more than 3 years ago

Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Women in Bahrain, Hala Al-Ansari, said that the percentage of Bahraini female doctors of the total Bahraini doctors reached 64% in the official hospitals and 26% in the private ones.

Chief Prosecutor for Ministries and Governmental Directorates, Advocate General Mamdouh Al-Maawda said that the police reported to Public Prosecution that a company that manufactures cacao, chocolate and sweets was using expired materials.

Recent official numbers showed that there are about 850 children with diabetes in Bahrain and that the total number of infected people approached 53 thousand, with over have of them women.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) said that patient file entry/exit mechanism in addition to Accident & Emergency Department at Salmaniya Medical Complex will be available around the clock (24/7) during Eid Al-Fitr holiday.

Ministry of Health announced the acceptance of 70 doctors for employment out of 380 unemployed doctors who applied for the exam announced by the ministry last April. A number of doctors said that they received calls from the health ministry last Thursday stating that they were accepted in the doctor profession for 2018-2019.

Transplant patients complained about running out of “Tacrolimus” medicine at Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex pharmacy since over 2 weeks.

Transplant administrative coordinator at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Hassan Al-Khanani, said that “the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation signed a deal with Bahrain, represented by King Fahad Specialist Hospital with Salmaniya Medical Complex, to transplant organs to Bahraini patients in Bahrain, in case of stroke deaths.”

Chief Executive Officer of National Health Regulatory Authority Mariam Al-Jalahma said in a seminar about professional ethics that “most of medical errors in Bahrain are due negligence.”

President of the Supreme Council for Health Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa expressed his satisfaction regarding the cooperation level between Bahrain and South Korea Bahrain’s in implementing the national insurance health program.

The House of Representatives agreed (Tuesday, April 17, 2018) on a health insurance bill and referred it to the Shura Council before presenting it to the King to ratify it.