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Public Health Expenditure On Expats Halved

April 2008 | Industry News
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Public health expenditure on expatriate workers was cut by more than half between 2006 and 2007, according to figures announced by Health Minister Faisal Al Hamer. The staged removal of expatriate rights to subsidised public healthcare has lowered public expenditure on medical treatment for foreigners from BHD50mn (US$133mn) in 2006 to just BHD20mn (US$53mn) in