2007-09-10 - AME Info | Saudi Arabia | Latest News - Saudi Arabia's Ministry Of Health has revealed that GPs in public healthcare centres are to be replaced by family doctors, reported Arab News. The decision has been taken as part of a strategy to tackle rising obesity levels, cardiovascular complaints and diabetes. The kingdom hopes to have around 2,000 health centres inside two years and aims to bring doctor/patient ratios down from one to 4,000 to around one to 400.  

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