Kuwait’s Ministry of Health says Jahra Hospital has started giving intravenous antimicrobial therapy through its outpatient clinics. Patients whose condition calls for IV antibiotics can come in for each dose and go home afterwards, instead of staying on a ward for the whole course.
Who it is for
Not everyone. The ministry says the service follows set medical criteria, with a treatment plan and continuous follow-up, and only when a patient’s condition allows it. The treating doctor decides.
What it means for you
If you or a family member is an inpatient at Jahra Hospital on IV antibiotics and the condition has settled, ask the treating doctor whether the rest of the course can be given in the outpatient clinic.
A rule meant for every hospital
The service applies Ministerial Decision 140 of 2026, which sets up the outpatient IV antimicrobial programme and aims to standardise how hospitals run it. The statement did not name other hospitals offering it yet, or give clinic hours.
Photo: A patient’s hand with an IV cannula, not taken at Jahra Hospital. Photograph by Futurhit12, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Source: Ministry of Health statement as reported by Al-Anba, 7 October 2026.
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