Kuwait health minister resigns

Ministers want to question Al-Mubarak over the fire. (Getty Images)

Kuwait's Health Minister Massouma Al-Mubarak has tendered her resignation after two patients were killed in a hospital fire earlier this week, the official Kuwait news agency KUNA reported on Saturday.

The emir of the Gulf Arab state, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Sabah, will decide whether to accept the resignation, submitted to the prime minister on Friday, the agency quoted Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Salem Al-Sabah as saying.

KUNA later said that two members of parliament presented a motion on Saturday for questioning Mubarak.

Several members of parliament have said they want the house to question Mubarak over the fire which broke out at a hospital in the town of al-Jahra about 30 km (20 miles) west of the capital on Thursday.

The authorities were investigating the cause of the fire.

Mubarak is one of two women ministers in the cabinet.

Oil Minister Sheikh Ali al-Jarrah al-Sabah resigned in June amid a standoff between the government and parliament over remarks in which he said that he had sought advice from a former oil minister who was once investigated over a graft scandal.

Kuwait's parliament has a history of challenging the government, unusual in a region comprised of autocratic rulers, but the emir has the last say in politics.

Print | Email | Discuss this article

| Share |

READERS' COMMENTS

Click here to post a comment

Add your Comment All posts are sent to the administrator for review and are published only after approval. ArabianBusiness.com reserves the right to remove any comment at any time for any reason. Please keep your responses appropriate and on topic. Arabian Business would like to point out that only comments relevant to the story will be published. Any containing personal insults or inappropriate language will not be approved.
Name *
Remember me on this computer
Email *	(Your email address will not be published)
City
Country
Subject *
Comment *
Notify me of further comments
Enter the words above *
Please click post only once - your comment will not be published immediately.

MORE FROM ARABIANBUSINESS.COM