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Pocket money raised: Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Mohammad Barrak Al-Haifi announced that the government has increased the allowances or pocket money given to Kuwaiti patients who receive treatment abroad to cope with the skyrocketing living costs in many of the world countries.
In statements to KUNA on the sidelines of the meeting with Kuwaiti students in the United Kingdom at the London office of the National Federation of Kuwait Students, Minister Al-Haifi said the patient and his companion will now get KD 200 a day, instead of KD 100 each.
The Minister pointed out that he had presented a proposal on this rise shortly after assuming his post and the Cabinet approved it.
“Procedures are being completed to distribute the money retrospectively to all patients who were sent abroad to get medical treatment since Jan 28, 2013,” he told KUNA.
Al-Haifi added that the Ministry is keen to offer all care to Kuwaiti patients receiving treatment inside or outside Kuwait.
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Al-Otaibi enumerated some types of birthmarks such as the ones that appear at birth called human birthmarks, those which originate from pigmentation of cells or blood vessels called collagen birthmarks, and the Becker’s nevus which appears mostly at a young age on the shoulder with brown color and covered with dense hair. Functions specified: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has specified the functions of the beneficiaries support units in the information centers in the six educational districts, reports Al-Seyassah daily quoting sources.
Sources disclosed the units consist of 566 technicians - 104 in Hawalli Educational District, 86 in the Capital, 100 in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, 109 in Farwaniya, 104 in Ahmadi and 63 in Jahra - whose functions range from department heads and computer engineers, among other jobs.
Meanwhile, Director of Information Administration Huda Al-Mutairi explained that the units will supervise the operation and maintenance of computers in schools and to provide technical services, such as updating or installing programs, in coordination with the administration, as part of efforts to solve technical problems related to developed systems. Equality sought: Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has addressed Civil Service Commission (CSC) about the condition of employees in Social Care, particularly the field supervisors and directors who are not included in allowance paid to personnel of the shift system. The ministry has also requested CSC to make field supervisors on par with the heads of departments, reports Al-Anba daily.