Unionist hopes reform would cover private medical sector

Chairman of the Union of Private Medical Professions Owners Dr Adel Ashkanani expressed hope that the ongoing reform at the Ministry of Health would include the private medical sector as well. He added the problem currently facing the sector is the use of 10 dilapidated cottages as the premises of the medical licenses department, including various sections serving six governorates. “This is unacceptable in 2017 in a rich country like Kuwait,” he underlined, noting that modernizing the department and using electronic systems would stop manipulations and prevent the loss of files. “Where are the millions of dinars the state allocated for shifting to the e-government system?” he wondered. Ashkanani also expressed hope that the department’s new director would be given enough authorities to help him develop the department, especially since both the minister and the acting assistant undersecretary visited the department a few days apart. “We do hope the reform you started in other sectors would include the private one,” Ashkanani said, addressing the minister.

Acting undersecretary

Meanwhile, Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi yesterday deputized the assistant undersecretary for technical affairs Dr Waleed Khaled Al-Falah to do the duties of acting undersecretary, after former undersecretary Dr Khaled Al-Sahlawi resigned last week.

Inheritance cases

Minister of Justice And Minister of State for Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azeb said prolonging hearing inheritance cases in courts for many years (up to 20 in some cases) divides families, because the disputes and grudges would trickle down to the grandchildren, which is not acceptable amongst the same family members in Kuwait. Azeb added that he was seriously considering cooperation with the judicial power to allocate special courts for inheritance-related cases in order to cut those cases’ hearing periods.