Acute diabetes patients in the Kingdom are urging the authorities to set up more public toilets at all major localities as urine retention is invariably a difficult affair to them. Severe diabetic patients often develop urine and fecal continence, which means they can’t hold back their requirements to visit washrooms with ease, like others. Speaking to The Daily Tribune, Dr Rabaa Alhajeri, a Diabetologist and Bahrain Diabetes Society board member of said that the “matter should be discussed and given more priority because it affects both those with diabetes and regular people who want to use the restroom.”

“Public restrooms are provided at all indoor places, and the cleaning staff is in charge of maintaining the restrooms’ cleanliness, but this is not the case for outdoor. Even though there are public restrooms in outdoor locations including cafes, walk ways, parks, and beaches, they are not kept clean.