(MENAFN) Kuwait's plan to achieve complete nationality-based segregation at its medical facilities is on track, with the first steps set to take place early next year when clinics run by a medical insurance company will begin offering services exclusively for expatriates.
In addition to the 15 clinics that will be spread across Kuwait, the Health Insurance Hospitals Company will provide medical care for expatriates through three hospitals to be officially opened by late 2019.
When those hospitals become operational, the plan is to prohibit expats from receiving medical attention at public hospitals and clinics, making access to those facilities where services are mostly offered free of charge exclusive to Kuwaiti citizens.
This step also comes at an additional cost for foreigners. Once the new company takes over the duties of offering health services to expats from the health ministry, expats' annual health insurance fees will increase to KD 130.
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