By Mohammed Al-Kinani
JEDDAH – The Jeddah General Management of Health Affairs closed down a fitness club for women in one of the city’s health centers for violation of rules and for employing unqualified staff who were not under the owner’s sponsorship, said Director of Jeddah Health Affairs Dr. Sami Badawood.
Dr. Mahmoud Abdul Jawad, head of medical licenses department, said inspection of health centers will continue and violators will be punished.
Last year, some Shoura Council members had asked the General Presidency for Youth Welfare to expedite the process of establishing female-exclusive sports centers.
The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs recently closed down two unlicensed female gyms in Jeddah and one in Dammam.
At present, women gyms are allowed only inside hospitals as “health centers” supervised by the Ministry of Health. But these health centers are very expensive which only the affluent can afford. So budget health centers for women have sprung up under the guise of “beauty salons” or “studios.”
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