June 8, 2017 Dr. Mohammed Hamdan Al Shammari Hospital Director, Maternity & Children's Hospital Thru: Ms. Nawal Abdullah Al-Harbi Nursing Director, Maternity & Children's Hospital Dear Doctors, Greetings! We would like to seek permission to conduct a research study entitled Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus (MERS-CoV): Breaking the Chain of Infection. This study aims to determine the knowledge, perception, motivating/hindering factors and the information they need to help combat the spread on infection. Moreover, this research endeavor will look into on new ways on how to prevent transmission of infection. The respondents are the medical and health allied professionals. Rest assured that no information will be taken from the patient and patient files. All information will be held strictly confidential. Respectfully yours, Dr. Farhan Alshammari Principal Author