By Faris Al-Qahtani
RIYADH – Inspections carried out by Control and Investigation Board (CIB) teams in various hospitals found 572 non-Saudi doctors and nurses practicing medicine with forged qualifications.
The CIB, in a report that is to be discussed at the Shoura Council, said that it discovered during its inspections that the laboratory in the Baish Hospital in Baish governorate had disposed of radiology waste in sewage.
The CIB teams also discovered a number of shortcomings, including a lack or unavailability of necessary medical equipment, shortage of medical, technical and nursing cadres in hospitals.
