Saudi Kingdom building network of family doctors

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=105991&d=23&m=1&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom

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The existing Primary Healthcare Centers in the Kingdom are being converted into Family Health Centers with added facilities and health officials. Under the program, general practitioners at primary health care centers across the Kingdom are being replaced with family doctors.

The ministry has already hired 4,000 family doctors and another 7,000 will be recruited in the next two years. Physicians specializing in nutrition, psychology and counseling will also be made available in the new family health centers.

The minister said that the program aims at provide all Saudi families access to a family doctor.
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Now THIS is the right direction! Contrast this with the "direction" the United States is going where fewer and fewer people have "family doctors," access to preventative medicine, and more specialist/less general family practice outlook and orientation. The Saudis certainly have the right idea and I wish them much success in this plan.