Kuwait aims to better integrate people with CP into its society

From a report in Arab Times on a workshop on cerebral palsy in Kuwait:

KUWAIT -- Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor Mohammad Al-Kandari said March 3 more attention should be attached to cerebral palsy sufferers. Kuwait has shed light on this category of people and made the best ways to cater for them and to reintegrate them into the society, Al-Kandari said in a speech on behalf of the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Bader Al-Duwaila.

He was speaking at the opening of a three-day international workshop for the rehabilitation of employees and families of cerebral palsy sufferers.

“The issue of cerebral palsy depends on several factors, including the degree of health awareness in the community and the efficiency of rehabilitation services,” added Al-Kandari.

He stressed the importance of this workshop to exchange views and experience on ways to improve the rehabilitation and development of workers and people with cerebral palsy.

“Those goals would be achieved through training programs that help them embrace the ideal method of understanding them and fulfilling their needs, and oordination among different interested parties, including governmental and civil society organizations” he noted.

This disability is, in many cases, the incentive to meet the challenges and constitute as a starting point for exploring leading and creative prospects, he said.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Health Roudhan Al-Roudhan announced that the opening of the expansion work in the Farwaniya hospital begins Thursday.

Al-Roudhan told KUNA that the expansion with the latest advanced medical equipment was ordered by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah. He added that 270 more beds would be added to the bed capacity of the hospital, thus, easing the pressure on the hospital.

The minister said that the new extension covered an increase of nine wards distributed over bone, internal medicine, general surgery in addition to the intensive care and ophthalmology.

The minister said that the political leadership topped by HH the Amir was very keen in sparing no effort in supporting development of health services, adding that his ministry is in the process of completing the improvement and development of services in all medical centers.

He expressed pride in the level of modern medical devices used in Kuwaiti hospitals and praised efforts of staffers keen on the rehabilitation and renovation of such hospitals.