Based on a correspondence from the Cabinet Office and the instructions of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health in charge, Ramadan Abu Janah, the Director of the Office of the Minister of Health, Abdul-Rahman Abu Al-Qasim Ali, referred a letter yesterday, Tuesday, April 5, to the Director of the Legal Affairs Department at the Ministry of Health, including the Cabinet’s decision regarding the adoption of the organizational structure of the Ministry of Health, its functions, and the organization of its administrative apparatus.
The letter says that the country’s health system represents an integrated system of administrative and technical subordination to the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry is also responsible for developing the plans and programs necessary to implement the laws to reach the required results.
The bodies affiliated with the Ministry of Health were also named, starting with the Council of Medical Specialties and ending with the National Center for Prosthetics, Programs and National Committees. The resolution also mentioned that the Minister of Health is the highest administrative authority in the ministry and may have one or more undersecretaries.
The decision also detailed the organizational structure of the Ministry of Health’s office from the departments beginning with the Department of Legal Affairs and ending with the Department of Integrated Health Zones, as well as the Ministry’s offices, at the beginning of which, comes the Minister’s office and finally the Office of Health Information Technology.
The competencies of all departments and offices were successively explained in detail, and he also indicated that the minister could issue the bylaws of the ministry’s health authorities and regions.
