Violations in treatment abroad

The Audit Bureau recently reported many violations committed by the Interior Ministry with regards to sending patients for treatment abroad, sources told Kuwait Times. It seems that some influential VIPs and MPs had mediated to exempt some patients from the regular rules and conditions for treatment overseas. The sources explained that the Ministry of Interior sent 1,485 patients for treatment overseas, all on recommendations from 11 lawmakers. The patients were paid the usual allowances and expenses but none actually suffered from diseases that could not be treated locally. Furthermore, the sources stressed that there were no clear evidence that the said patients had actually left Kuwait despite them being paid to travel abroad. In addition, some non-Interior Ministry personnel and the relatives of some retired military people had been sent abroad for treatment despite the fact that this privilege includes retirees alone.