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Companies / Bahrain

Foreign Workers Pressuring Health Sector

December 2006 | Industry News

Expatriate workers in Bahrain are costing the Ministry of Health (MoH) BHD50mn (US$132.64mn) per year in medical treatment, with the state only recouping around BHD5mn (US$13.2mn), according to recently released data. This total - which accounts for roughly 8% of overall government expenditure - is likely to help garner support for the MoH's plans to make private health insurance compulsory for all expatriate workers by

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