Advisory for Saudi Recruitment Agencies Regarding the Accommodation of Wards at the Bahay Kalinga

Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines - Riyadh, KSA

Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO)

MEMORANDUM

To: Saudi Recruitment Agencies

Subject: Advisory Re: Accommodation of Wards at the BK

Date: 25 January 2018

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To unclog the Bahay Kalinga ensuring that cases involving BK wards are attended to with dispatch, the following rules are hereby adopted for the guidance of the concerned Saudi recruitment agencies in regard to the accommodation of wards at the Centre.

1. Concerned SRAs are hereby instructed to cooperate with the POLO for resolution of the case/s involving at the BK. These SRAs should work for the repatriation of their wards and ensure that these wards do not stay at the BK for more than one month.

2. SRAs whose wards are overstaying at the Bahay Kalinga (i.e., staying for more than one month) shall be subjected to documentary suspension until the concerned ward is issued an exit visa and ticket and has departed for the Philippines.

3. The second offense shall merit documentary suspension with a warning for the cancellation of the SRA's accreditation.

4. Third time offenders shall be meted the penalty of cancellation of accreditation including disqualification from participating in the recruitment and deployment of Filipino workers.

5. The transfer of a BK ward to Makantani shall not excuse the concerned SRA from these rules, nor exempt them from the penalty imposed on offenders.

6. These rules shall take effect starting 21 January 2018 and shall be in force and effect until revised, amended or revoked.

For the guidance of all concerned.

Signed:

Nasser S. Mustafa

Labour Attaché

(via Ayman Mat)

Kuwait New Medical Fees Starts 1st of October 2017

Kuwait Pubic Hospitals and Polyclinics New Medical Fee Structure starts on 1st of October 2017.

A. Primary Health Care and Admission:

1. Clinic - 2KD per visit
2. Casualty - 5KD per visit
3. OPD - 10KD per visit
4. Inpatient (General Room) - 10KD per day
5. Inpatient (Private Room) - 50KD per day
6. Inpatient (ICU) - 30KD per day

• Casual and OPD fees include (Medication, plain X-ray, Routine investigations)
• Hospital Admission fees DOES NOT include (Surgery, Lab investigation or X-Rays)

B. Delivery:

1. Reception - 10KD
2. Normal Delivery - 50KD

• Normal delivery fees include (Delivery, Ultrasound, Medication, Investigations, 3 nights stay in the hospital).
• After 3 nights patients will be charged 10KD/day for the General bed and 50KD/day for the Private room.

C. Open Heart Surgery:

1. Diagnostic Catheterization - 90KD
2. Stenting - 250KD/Stent

• Procedure fees DOES NOT include (Medication, Investigations, X-Rays or Hospital admission)

Patients without Residency

• Medication will not be issued for these patients ONLY when they are admitted in the Hospital (Casualty, Wards or ICU)

Patients Exempted from Fees

1. Students with scholarship of Ministry of Education.
2. All the employees of MOH, their spouses and children as well (for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine) according to the following conditions;
   a. Spouse and children must have a valid Residency
   b. Daughter should not be married or working
   c. Son before reaching age of 21. Unless he is studying in college (and NOT working) so will extend till reached age of 25 (has to provide official documents for that).
3. Expat Prisoners are exempted from all the fees
4. Wife of Kuwaiti and Mother of Kuwaiti
5. Social Welfare Residents
6. Expat Children of a Kuwaiti mother
7. Handicapped Children of a Kuwaiti mother
8. Travelers coming to Kuwait as a Transit and has Emergency Medial Issues.
9. Home Maid Accomodation
10. Bedoon with valid Card from MOI
11. The members of the Official Delegations during their stay in Kuwait