Dancing nurses get pay cut in Saudi

Health authorities in Saudi Arabia have decided to dock five days’ pay from some nurses’ monthly salaries after they were caught dancing inside a hospital.

Health department spokesman Saeed Al Nuqair was quoted in Emirates 247 as saying: “We have decided to deduct five days from their salaries as a penalty for dancing inside the hospital.

“We do not tolerate such acts at our health establishments.”

A film circulated on social media purports to show the Asian nurses dancing inside a rest room at the government hospital in Al Majarda.

The health department in the southern Asir province of Al Majarda reportedly formed a committee to investigate the film, claiming dancing inside the hospital is forbidden.