Kuwait approves segregation of medical care

Posted by: Shahzad Saturday, 18 May 2013 4:55 PM[UAE] - USA

Hello expats

No coughing in morning times please,,,,,

All Arabs and all Ajams are equal, said Prophet PBUH.

Posted by: Neil Tuesday, 26 March 2013 11:40 AM[UAE] - dubai

Aparthied is BACK !!

Posted by: A reader Sunday, 24 March 2013 5:05 PM[UAE] - Dubai

Apartheid has been outlawed by all civilized nations. If the clinic is full of laborers then segregate families/ladies from bachelors, or establish clinics near labor camps. Hospitals are places of medicine, nothing else.

Apropos expelling expatriates, some Kuwaitis may be experts at showing them the fastest route, since they were the first out in August 1990, leaving it mostly to foreigners to get the country back.

Posted by: Majd Thursday, 21 March 2013 11:55 AM[UAE] - Kuwait

This is not a well thought out plan to address over-crowding in the hospitals and if you interview the average Kuwaiti, the majority of them support this plan. It is a desperate attempt to deal with an over population of low level workers in the country, because when I interviewed expats that are not low-level labourers, they have insurance and stay clear of the government system. I highly suspect that doctors working in the system were not asked their opionion, because logistically if expat doctors need to coordinate efforts with Kuwaiti doctors then these time constraints will greatly affect their patients welfare. Kuwaitis at the government level seem to go for the quick fix rather than analyse the cause and effects of their actions. The MOH should consult with the MOI to ask what they are doing to curb the large populations of illegal expats on the streets and to work with legislation to handle the health insurance issue with employers in the country.

Posted by: SAM Thursday, 21 March 2013 5:29 PM[UAE] - UAE

@Majd, a very insightful comment. Quick fixes are easy but seldom effective.

Posted by: Doug Wednesday, 20 March 2013 6:55 PM[UAE] - UAE

As for the staff segregation, I give this about 2 months before it's ever-so-quietly reversed. I rather doubt there are enough Kuwaiti doctors to cover the full range of specialisms. So you'll end up with this situation where you'll have a Kuwaiti actually unable to get the care they needed because the specialist doctor is an expat and can only work in the afternoon.

Actually, on reflection what will happen is the Kuwaiti docs will still just work for a couple of hours in the morning and the expat doc ends up doing a double shift.