Obtaining Medical Devices for a Temporary Period

This service is provided by Ministry Of Health
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Service Description

  • This service allows patient citizens to obtain a medical device for a temporary period according to the patient’s medical condition.

Eligibility or Criteria

  • The applicant must be a Kuwaiti citizen
  • ​The condition of the patient applicant requires access to a medical device

Required Documents

  • The civil ID of the patient applicant.

Procedures

Visit the hospital concerned and submit the required documents
Obtain from the treating physician a medical report recommending the patient's access to a medical device, then get the Hospital Manager's authorization on the Report.
Visit the Medical Engineering Department at Subhan to pay the due device security fees. When you return the device, recover the paid security fees from the Financial Accounting Department at the Ministry of Health Headquarters.

Fees

Variable fees
0 KD
Fixed fees: medical report
1 KD
Fixed fees: proposed insurance values Medical devices:
Single medical device
Dual respiratory device
Home resuscitation device
Home oxygen generator
Blood oxygen saturation monitor
Electric wheelchair
Electric hospital bed
Patient lift
IV stand
Cylinder trolley
Insulin pump
The above-mentioned devices are provided free of charge for a temporary period with a declaration and undertaking from the concerned person to return them upon completion of use.
Until the issuance of the ministerial decision that will determine the insurance value.

 

List of insurance values for medical devices and equipment
Device typeValue
Wheelchair60 KD
Caesarean chair (non-refundable insurance)50 KD
Children’s wheelchair50 KD
Sputum suction device150 KD
Respiratory nebulizer70 KD
Air mattress + pump50 KD
Feeding device45 KD
Oxygen regulator40 KD
Oxygen cylinder50 KD
Walking aid10 KD
Crutches10 KD
Cane10 KD
Metal tracheal tube (free as prescribed by physician)0 KD
 

 

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