Restrictions imposed – Overseas medicare cases down – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

  • Date: 11-Aug-2022
  • Source: Arab Times Kuwait
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Restrictions imposed – Overseas medicare cases down – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait News

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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 10: In the context of the continued efforts to tighten control on the overseas medical treatment file by the Ministry of Health, the numbers continued on a downward trajectory which started since 2015, reports Al-Rai daily. According to official statistics, the number of cases of overseas medical treatment during the first six months of this year reached 2,238 from January 1, 2022 to July 1, 2022. Informed sources explained that the number would not exceed 4,500 cases by the end of this year, even though it had reached 4,702 last year.

The number of cases decreased by about 50 percent during the past seven years, as the figures provided in the statistic as follows: