Jul 31 2010

MoH signs work contracts with medical specialists

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RIYADH – The Ministry of Health has signed work contracts with specialist doctors. The signing of the contracts is part of the ministrys temporary medical support program. The recruited doctors will be required to work in the hospitals run by the ministry to boost the health services provided to citizens.

The ministry has completed coordination steps taken with the Jordanian Ministry of Health for signing partial contracts with the second batch of 25 specialist doctors of both sexes. They will start work in the hospitals of the border regions between the two countries. These include Al-Qurayyat General Hospital, Prince Abdul Rahman Al-Sudairi hospitals in Sakaka, Tabarjal and Arar, King Khaled Hospital in Tabuk, Maternity and Childrens Hospital in Al-Jouf and Turaif Hospital.

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May 02 2010

Officials punished for not hiring Saudi nurses

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BISHA – The Ministry of Health has cracked down on health officials who were involved in refusing to hire 44 qualified Saudi women nurses at King Abdullah Hospital in Bisha Governorate, when there were 41 posts available.

According to directives from Dr. Aqeel Bin Jaman Al-Ghamdi, Assistant Undersecretary for Curative Medicine, it was decided to remove the Assistant Financial and Administrative Director from his post and not to assign him with any important tasks in future at the hospital or at the Directorate of Health Affairs. In addition, it was decided to transfer the Deputy Supervisor General of the hospital to the Directorate of Health Affairs.

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