Nixon Alan
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2003;17(3-4):45-9; discussion 51-2.
The palliative care service started at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia over a decade ago by Dr. Isbister is slowly expanding. Excellent facilities for investigations and curative treatment are available in the hospital, and these are useful when supportive facilities are needed. Nevertheless, there are problems. Most of the staff is western, and this is a hindrance when psychosocial and spiritual support is needed by Saudi patients. Patients have poor facilities for follow-up in between outpatient visits every month. The team has overcome the problem of poor availability of opioids, but these essential drugs are not available to the patients at the national level. Educational and research services have begun.
十多年前，伊斯比斯特医生在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的法赫德国王专科医院及研究中心启动了姑息治疗服务，该服务正在缓慢扩展。医院拥有用于检查和治疗的精良设施，在需要支持性设施时这些设施很有用。然而，仍存在一些问题。大多数工作人员是西方人，这在沙特患者需要心理社会和精神支持时成为了障碍。患者每月门诊就诊期间的后续跟进设施很差。该团队已经克服了阿片类药物供应不足的问题，但在国家层面，这些基本药物患者无法获得。教育和研究服务已经开始。
