‘Kuwait planning to recruit 1,000 Indonesian medical practitioners’

‘Kuwait planning to recruit 1,000 Indonesian medical practitioners’

Indonesian Ambassador to Kuwait Leena Maryanna has confirmed that the Ministry of Health intends to employ about 1,000 Indonesian medical practitioners like doctors, nurses and technicians who will be assigned in public hospitals and other medical facilities, reports Al-Jarida daily. In a recent press statement, the ministry revealed it is contacting “some countries, including Indonesia, to send medical workers.” Maryanna told the daily “we appreciate any attempt in this regard. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health has unveiled its plan to recruit doctors, nurses and technicians from Indonesia to work in government health facilities (such as hospitals, clinics, etc).

This recruitment will be based on the memorandum of understanding between the governments of Indonesia and Kuwait.” She added “many Indonesian nurses have been working for more than 20 years in government hospitals. About 300 Indonesian nurses are working in public hospitals and other health facilities. We are in the process of discussing a draft technical arrangement for cooperation in bringing medical personnel from Indonesia to Kuwait.” She also confirmed that “the ministry wants to recruit 500 to 1,000 medical staff; stressing that the Kuwaiti government’s intention matches its Indonesian counterpart’s plan to deploy skilled workers only to Kuwait, such as nurses and