July 19th 2011: Belgium, Kuwait to step up cooperation in health sector
Mr Thomaes, president of Healthcare Belgium
Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Hilal Musaed Al-Sayer
Belgium, Kuwait to step up cooperation in health sector
BRUSSELS: Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Hilal Musaed Al-Sayer began yesterday a two-day visit aimed at boosting cooperation in the health care sector between Kuwait and Belgium. Al-Sayer accompanied by Dr Mohammad Al-Meshaan, head of overseas treatment of the Ministry of Health of Kuwait, and Faisal Al-Dossary director for public relations of the ministry, paid a visit yesterday to the Chirec hospital in Brussels where some Kuwaiti patients come for treatment.
The Kuwaiti delegation was warmly welcomed by the director and managers of the hospital. Al-Sayer is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the State of Kuwait and Healthcare Belgium. Herwig Fleerackers, general manager of Healthcare Belgium, said that the aim of the MoU is to intensify collaboration in sharing expertise, and in bringing most advanced knowledge to the Kuwaiti health environment.
We are now elaborating on different proposals and the most relevant proposals we have right now is the setting up of breast cancer screening centre according to Belgian and European guidelines in six ministry of health hospitals Kuwait," he said. There is also a great opportunity for working together in tele-radiology between the two sides, he noted.
Fleerackers explained that the HealthCare Belgium is a non-profit organization associating different Belgian academic, public and private hospitals and its aim is to enhance the international collaboration of Belgian hospitals. Healthcare Belgium and some of its hospitals have already concluded agreement with some private Kuwaiti hospitals mainly in the field of radiology and teleradiology and for sending visiting doctors to go and operate patients in Kuwait.
Today we see that a lot of patients are going to Germany the UK but Belgium ranks number one in the healthcare system in the world. Belgium offers not only the best quality but also good prices," he said. The Kuwaiti health minister is expected to visit some other hospitals in Belgium during the course of his stay here. --- KUNA
