Privatization is best way to tackle challenges: Health ministry official

Private sector’s participation in the Saudi healthcare is the best means to deal with the main challenges facing the sector, said Yasser Asiri, director of radiation program and private sector laboratories at Ministry of Health.

The main challenges are represented in availability of service, satisfaction by the service received, efficiency, quality, safety, availability of labor force and continuity of financial resources, he said at the Euromoney conference 2018 in Riyadh.