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The Ministry of Health is the major government agency entrusted with the provision of preventive, curative, and rehabilitative health care for the Kingdom's population. The Ministry provides primary healthcare services through a network of healthcare centers (comprising 1,925 centers)^{throughout the kingdom. It also adopts the referral system which provides curative care for all members of society from the level of general practitioners at health centers to advanced technology specialist curative services through a broad base of general and specialist hospitals (220 hospitals). The ministry is the lead Government agency responsible for the management, planning, financing, and regulating of the healthcare sector. It also undertakes the overall supervision and follow-up of health care related activities carried out by the private sector.}

Public vs private

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The national PHR

History

The Saudi Ministry of Health developed the Sehhaty application which was initially launched in August 2019 to achieve a number of national goals that focus on healthy lifestyles. In February of 2021, the application was updated to include COVID-19 vaccination appointment registration and test booking.

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