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Health official supports proposal for charging medicine prices from expats

Friday, March 24, 2017

Director of Hawalli Health Zone, Dr. Fahad Al-Fodari expressed his support to the proposal of charging medicine costs from expatriates. According to Al Rai newspaper, he expressed his view of charging medicine cost or at least part of it from expatriates.

According to him, majority of visitors to Hawalli Health Centres are expatriates. He also said that more than 60% of visitors to Mubarak Hospital are expatriates.

Meanwhile, he also said that there should be a strict control on private sector to avoid manipulation of prices.

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C George
Sunday, March 26, 2017
When expatriates enter this country, they are medically fit and no need of any medicine. After working long hours without proper rest, peace of mind or facilities and perks, expatriates becomes sick. Sick of the country; sick of the people; sick of the attitude. Partiality, religion, language, colour makes a lot of difference.

So you can charge for the medicines if they get the diseases before entering into this sick world.
Xpat
Sunday, March 26, 2017
In this case, Kuwait Government Insurance should be cancelled. The govt. is indirectly taxing the expats in form of insurance and so on. Expats are paying insurance fee to govt. for providing useless services. It's like looting a piece of bread from the poor. Shame on these MPs & doctors who support to not issue medicines to expats. First of all, they should not think these medicines are issued free of cost, of course the expats have paid for it in the form of insurance fee for each member in the family at the time of renewing their resident permits.
NK
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Why not there is no support, because the charges applicable are only for expatriates....By this way they expect any development or added value to Kuwait development? Accruing only funds means development of a country? Is there any audit to check how much they have collected in the name of insurance while renewing the residence and how much they spent?
jos
Friday, March 24, 2017
If they charging medicine or buy it from outside pharmacy then why you taking health insurance fees prior to visa stamping should be cancelled and it will get commission from pharmacutical companies so doctors will write some medicine companies only because they pay commission to these doctors only that is why this doctor saying like this.
Peter
Friday, March 24, 2017
No problem at least they should prescribe proper medicine.
Last time I had high fever and the doctor proscribed me brufeen a pain killer. I asked him 2 times why pain killer for fever he said that is enough. Then I went to a private clinic where I was given an injection and course for 5 days.
I understand the concern of ministers however the doctors should be at least qualified to consult the patients.
Rehman
Friday, March 24, 2017
Charge for the medicine we dont mind paying but what about the medicine cost which we expats are paying on yearly basis.
dj
Friday, March 24, 2017
All patients should be charged fees equally. And their respective insurance providers should reimburse them according to the insured contracts.
Trs
Friday, March 24, 2017
Then the 50 kd insurance collected annually should be stopped. You cant collect insurance and then again charge for doctor and medicine and tests. It would be sheer hypocrisy.
SALMIYA EXPAT
Friday, March 24, 2017
Salmiya and Hawally are Majority Expat areas, accordingly you see more expats in these health centres.
Since these are majority expat areas there is no foot overbridge near fourth ring road near Matafi or Petrol Pump. which sees numerour fatal accidents.
Why cant these MP's look into that ?
yusuff
Friday, March 24, 2017
As per the data provided by the Govt., authorities, Expat., population numbers are more than the kuwaities.so obviously visiting Expat., numbers to hospitals also higher than citizens. Any how God bless kuwait.
Ganesan
Friday, March 24, 2017
Population of expatriate more than Kuwaiti citizen accordingly number of expatriate patient also more. There is no surprised or unexpected.
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