Saudi Gazette report

JAZAN — ​​Twenty-nine field teams specialized in home healthcare have conducted more than 14,000 home visits in Jazan, benefiting 22,338 patients since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic until the end of May.

Over the same period, the health authorities have implemented a number of initiatives for 2,000 patients enrolled in home healthcare services in the region.

The most important of these initiatives, is the visual triage for patients and their accompanying families, home delivery of medicines, medical supplies and nutritional supplements, psychological and social support for home healthcare patients, health education for patients and their families, provision of palliative care for cancer patients at their homes and audio-visual communication with families of patients.

This comes as part of the precautionary measures taken by the Ministry of Health to protect the citizens and residents and prevent the spread of COVID-19.