Kuwait – Kuwaits Ministry of Health is expected to complete a project to raise the health fees for migrant workers by up to 300%. The Ministry of Health announced earlier this year that they will begin to increase the fees for medical examinations and drugs and treatments of serious diseases, such as cancer and inflammation, on migrant workers in Kuwait, explaining that the old prices are not commensurate with the cost of these drugs on the Treasury and the Ministry of Health. . The lists of health service prices that will increase include treatment of bone cancer, which reached a rate of more than 1000%. In addition, the cost of kidney, pregnancy, breast and radiological examinations of all kinds rose to 100% to 300%. More than 7,000 migrant workers with cancer are likely to be affected.
The prices of the previous chemical doses ranged between KD 1000 (equivalent to USD 3,200) and KD 7,000 (USD 22,000). Charities and civil society and Islamic organizations used to cover the costs. However, increasing the prices mean that these organizations will face a real dilemma of providing treatment to patients.
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