Health fees increase to stay

The Ministry of Health is not likely to revert the fees to the previous rates, unless a future study suggests that it has negatively affected its efforts to provide proper medical services.

According to the comprehensive evaluation report prepared by MoH on the decision to increase health fees on expatriates and the extent of its pros and cons, the report has shown that the decision to increase fees contributed to enhancing services for both citizen and expat, and gave doctors better time to attend to their patients, while the number of patients dropped by at least 30 percent per day, particularly at policlinics.