KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health affirmed its keenness to develop the skills and capabilities of the technical committees responsible for evaluating and accrediting medical examination centers for expatriates in labor-exporting countries in order to preserve the health of society.

The ministry said in a statement to KUNA on Wednesday that Kuwait hosted, in this regard, a Gulf workshop for members of technical committees for training on evaluating and accrediting medical examination centers, organized by the Health Council for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

It explained that the workshop was organized in coordination with the ministry’s public health sector and discussed the most prominent amendments and additions to the new regulations for medical examination for those coming to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries for work or residence. It also discussed the standards for accrediting medical examination centers.

The workshop aimed to develop regulation and improve the evaluation process of labor examination centers in order to increase the quality of the examination process and ensure the accuracy of its results.

During the workshop, participants were trained on how to evaluate examination centers. The ministry stated that the expatriate worker examination program aims to ensure the health fitness of expatriate workers and that they are free from chronic diseases that constitute an economic burden, and also that they are free from infectious diseases that may pose a danger to those in contact and to society before coming to the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The Ministry of Health stressed the importance of such meetings that aim to strengthen joint relations, deepen ties between the GCC countries, strengthen cooperation frameworks, and unify efforts to achieve the highest levels of quality and excellence in the fields of preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services for citizens of the GCC countries.

The statement indicated that this is being done by developing the system and mechanisms of joint Gulf health work in setting health requirements and controls for medical examination for expatriates. — KUNA