KUWAIT CITY, Dec 31: The Public Services Department at the Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent a letter to the Public Health Department, expressing displeasure at the latter’s slow pace of work in identifying the requirements of a building for a new project which will include laboratories for public health, environment, nutrition and microbiology, reports Al-Jarida daily.

Sources said the Public Services Department requested the Administration of Public Health to expedite the procedures to implement the project and submitted a report prepared by the Engineering Affairs Administration. Sources say a three-hour meeting was held a while ago, but none of the committee members attended it. Also, specialists were not invited to the laboratory of environment and nutrition, and all this led to the postponement of the final discussion on the project, note sources.

Meanwhile, Director of Al-Razi Hospital Dr Adel Al-Asfour and the Consultant in the Office of the Assistant Undersecretary for the Public Health Affairs Dr Rashid Al-Uwaish have applied for the position of Director of Military Hospital which has been vacant since the end of the term of the previous director.
In an unrelated development, Minister of Health Dr Hilal Al-Sayer recently received in his office ambassadors from Yemen and Indonesia, and the Kuwaiti ambassador to Jordan Hamad Al-Duaijj, reports Alam Al-Yawm daily.

At the meeting, Yemeni ambassador to Kuwait Khalid Sheikh conveyed greetings from his country to Dr Al-Sayer, and commended Kuwait’s effort in receiving and treating wounded Yemenis in its health facilities.

During his meeting with the Indonesian ambassador to Kuwait Ales Fairi Admhar, Al-Sayer discussed the possibility of strengthening the Kuwaiti-Indonesian health relations.
Meanwhile, Al-Sayer said need for the Ministry of Health to cooperate with the embassy to facilitate the treatment of Kuwaitis in Jordan. They also discussed services the Health Office provides to Kuwaiti students there.