No Shortage Of Medicines For Kuwaiti Patients Confirmed

Assuring that the Ministry of Health places a great deal of attention on the medicine security system in the country, Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi stressed that they provide all kinds of medicines, including cancer medicines, despite their specificity and diversity between chemical, immunological and other medicines. Dr. Al-Awadhi said there is no shortage of medicines for cancer patients, either for children or adults, in a press release issued yesterday on the sidelines of the First International Conference on Gynecologic Oncology in Kuwait. He expressed the keenness of the ministry to bring all medicines from all over the world, in coordination and continuous communication with the department dealing with medicines and medical consumables.

Kuwait Cancer Control Center's new hospital with a clinical capacity of up to 600 beds has been constructed with all efforts by the ministry. It developed a variety of programs to combat cancer, including early detection, treatment, and scientific research support. Dr. Al-Awadhi explained that the conference will effectively contribute to exchanging experiences in this specialty, benefiting from diverse medical experiences, and building bridges of scientific knowledge among a distinguished group of lecturers from Britain, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Austria, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as an elite group of Kuwaiti doctors. In the specialty of cancerous tumors, it aims to learn about the latest findings in modern science related to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The title “Gynecologic Cancers” was chosen for the conference because of the utmost importance it represents, as it is considered a common tumor and comes in second place after breast cancer.

In the meantime, Dr. Khaled Al-Khalidi, Chairman of the Kuwait Oncology Association Board of Directors, called for the conference to take place over three days, with the participation of an international group of professors and experts. Al-Khalidi said the conference would include many scientific sessions and workshops, as well as performing a lot of surgeries for gynecological tumors. According to him, the Gynecological Oncology Department has performed about 1,000 cases in the past five years at a rate of 200 per year, making it one of the leading departments in gynecological oncology.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Al-Khalidi said that the department's work has continued normally. He revealed that eight modern surgeries were performed by the visiting doctors using laparoscopy as part of the conference. Dr. Al-Khalidi affirmed the conference is an educational opportunity for oncologists, especially gynecological oncologists, by studying the latest updates and highlighting the most important and latest therapeutic methods for oncology, and learning about the greatest challenges, hopes, and aspirations for advancing this delicate field. Dr. Al-Obaidly, head of the Radiation Therapy Physics Unit and secretary general of the Kuwait Association for Medical Physics, also spoke at the conference. Sheikha Al-Obaidly said the conference includes a workshop specializing in treatment planning for internal radiation (internal) radiation technology for gynecological cancer tumors.

Internal radiation operations are among the most important techniques used to treat uterine and cervical cancer. The radiation source is placed within the gaps of the body or tissues, with the aim of delivering the highest dose of radiation to the part of the body to be treated while causing as little as possible harm to nearby healthy tissues. The workshop focuses on the scientific and practical explanation of the latest methods of internal radiation therapy, with the aim of developing radiation services specialized in treating gynecological tumors in the State of Kuwait. At a rate of 22.6 percent, gynecological tumors are the second most common gynecological cancer after breast cancer.

A total of eight percent of all cancers registered in Kuwait are uterine cancers, six percent ovarian cancers, and two percent cervical cancers. During the last five years, the Kuwait Cancer Control Center has performed 8,500 surgeries for cancerous tumors, including 1,000 surgeries for gynecological tumors, representing 12 percent of total surgeries.

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