Doctor, nurses held working in private clinic sans license
Some on visit, some family visa holders
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3 : Members of the Tripartite Committee, led by the Public Authority for Manpower, managed to arrest an unidentified European doctor who was working in a private clinic without obtaining a license, reports Al-Qabas daily.
This is in addition to the arrest of runaway domestic workers caught working as experts in cosmetic and gynecological clinics, without obtaining legal licenses.
The daily added, some private clinics deliberately employ those who enter the country on family visas because in most cases their visas are non-transferable and cannot obtain a work permit.
The Al-Qabas daily said the inspection tour revealed private companies continue to commit violations, particularly in the field of medical professions because of the need of experienced people.
Many such people enter the country on domestic visas and then abandon their sponsors. During the inspection, which was carried under the supervision of the PAM Director General, Dr. Mubarak Al-Jafour, and in the presence of a representative of the Licensing Department and the Drug Inspection Department at the Ministry of Health, a Greek doctor working as general surgeon was taken into custody.
In the same context, the labor force inspection teams, led by Muhammad Al-Dhafiri, arrested 3 employees inside the clinics, who were holding family visas. The daily added, such employees can escape with a warning but a repetition will result in their deportation and the file of the sponsor closed.
The source pointed out that the instructions issued by PAM are crystal clear regarding violations in the labor market, especially for those who do not work for their sponsors or those who are on family visa.
The source indicated the tripartite committee members are continuing to implement their various campaigns against violators.
The most prominent violations of some clinics include, doctors working without licenses, domestic workers working as nurses and assistants, employees without residence permits or work permits, clinics that have not completed their licenses, illegal and expired drugs and violating advertisements on social media platforms.
Drug peddlers held: The Acting Director General of the General Administration for Narcotics Control, Brigadier General Muhammad Qabazard, has referred two people to the Public Prosecution for trafficking in narcotic substances, reports Al-Anba daily.
According to a security source a Kuwaiti and a citizen of an unidentified Gulf state were caught after police received information that they were trafficking in drugs.
In the first incident, police then set a trap for the Kuwaiti and caught him selling drugs to a police agent and seized from him more than a kilo of hashish and a sensitive scale.
In another incident, the citizen of a Gulf state was seized Mahboula. After he was caught police searched his house and found about 3 kilos of hashish and with narcotic pills.
Theft at grocery: Police are looking for an unidentified person who broke into a grocery located in the vicinity of the Abdali farms and stole 500 dinars cash and 90 recharge cards, reports Al-Anba daily.
A case of theft has been filed with the Qashaniya police station. According to the complainant the suspect entered the grocery by breaking the main door.
Traffic service: The National Military Service Authority in Kuwait Army assigned 50 recruits from the 49th batch to render military service in the Traffic and Operations sectors at the Ministry of Interior, reports Al-Qabas daily.
In a press statement Monday, the chief of staff of the Army explained this is part of the agreement on exchanging experience and providing support among military institutions; indicating the recruits are trained in various military fields to serve the country.