Team from IATA, US Aviation Safety Agency to visit Kuwait next month
MoH eyes 3-month treatment extension
KUWAIT CITY, June 7: A delegation from International Air Travel Agency (IATA) and US Aviation Safety Agency will visit Kuwait in July for the final evaluation of Kuwait International Airport. The delegation is expected to review security procedures to determine the rate at which the airport complies with international safety and security conditions, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily quoting a source said conditions were laid down to determine the restoration of direct flights from Kuwait to America and some European countries. He added the upcoming visit will be the last upon which a report will be prepared in detail, as required by the two agencies. He said the country has done the needful and even appointed an internationally reputable British company to take over security procedures.
He stressed the number of security operatives at the gates have been increased to four, in addition to special security officers assigned to the airport to reinforce interior and exterior security procedures before and after the departure of flights.
Ministry of Health intends to issue a decision to allow three-month automatic extension of treatment for cancer and organ transplant patients without the need for visiting the overseas treatment department, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting sources.
They said the move is aimed to ensure completion of their treatment without any delays or waiting, revealing that the decision covers the patients who are sent to Saudi Arabia or any other country where surgeries for organ transplants are carried out but there are no special health offices for overseas treatment.
Acting Director General of Public Authority for Manpower Abdullah Al-Mutawtah says the authority is studying the possibility of excluding employees who completed 25 years of service and those with the job title of Inspector from the fingerprint attendance system, reports Aljarida daily.
He revealed that the authority will request Civil Service Commission (CSC) to take necessary procedures for implementing this decision.
No complains on cyber attack: Acting Director of Information Technology Center Qusei Al-Shatti revealed that the center has not received any complaint from any governmental or private institutions concerning the cyber attack that rocked about 100 countries, affirming that this means Kuwait is so far safe from repercussion of that attack, reports Aljarida daily.
In a statement to the daily, Al-Shatti explained that the security apparatus in the country usually conduct back-up operations of data at the end of the week. There are institutions that backup their data at the end of each day. Therefore, in case of any cyber attack on Kuwait, the damage will not affect the state institutions.
Al-Shatti said, According to some information in this regard, the virus responsible for these attacks was leaked through the intelligence spying organizations, but there are no substantial evidences on the nature of such a virus, its origin and its risks.