Curative services received special attention from the state in recent years. These services have been developed through well planned strategies, setting specific and precise national performance standards and supporting the facilities with modern equipment. The MOH has also established a complete network of health centers and hospitals and units making these services mare accessible tot meet the ever increasing population needs and new technologies. Curative services of the MOH are managed by the central departments at headquarters and corresponding departments in all medical districts. These departments prepare national plans and programs and supervise their implementation according to regulations and standards to ensure optimal performance. The curative sector includes, with reference to the suggested organizational structure of 2001, 6 departments which are Hospital Administration, Primary Health Care, Dental Medicine, Nursing, Radiology, Laboratories and Blood Banks.