KUWAIT CITY, Oct 12: The health sources said “There is dissatisfaction within the Ministry of Health, as a number of medical and administrative staff expressed their surprise about the minister’s choices for leadership and supervisory positions, considering that the ministry did not take into account the standards of competence, differentiation, technical performance, and administrative experience, and were tainted by political interests and satisfaction of representatives in the National Assembly.”.

The sources stressed “supporting the policies and intentions of the government that seeks to rebuild and develop the health sector without any doubt,” noting “the necessity of adopting the thought of health governance and strategic planning and applying international standards to select competencies that are actually capable of dealing with current crisis management and choosing those with a future and reform vision who are familiar with the administrative and technical work.”

The sources called on the government to “reconsider and be patient in approving senior appointments to avoid consequences, especially since the current general situation in the Ministry of Health is not healthy and cannot accept compromises,” stressing “the necessity for the Ministry of Health, in particular, to keep away parliamentary appeasement and paying the bill for political stability. The health and lives of patients are above all these considerations, and the health condition should not be subject to experiments.”

The sources told Al-Rai daily that “parliamentary circles expressed their intention to grill the Minister of Health, after seeing the observations made by the Audit Bureau and reports of financial and administrative transgressions, including the cost of treatment abroad over the past months, unnecessary appointments of expatriates, the shortage of medicines, and the appointments of senior positions.”