Labour Minister calls for employing Bahrainis in private medical sector

TDT | Manama                          

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Labour Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, has called for integrating job seekers in the private medical sector, by rehabilitating and training them in collaboration with the relevant entities, as well as by taking advantage of the existing detailed and integrated database.

He stressed the importance of integrating national competencies in the labour market, in light of the Economic Recovery Plan, launched by the government in many promising sectors.

He said that several initiatives aimed at integrating job seekers in the Bahrain’s private medical sector are being implemented, as part of the joint efforts to implement the provisions of Law (1) of 2019, amending Article (14) of Decree-Law (21) of 2015 with Respect to Private Health Institutions, which gives priority to hiring Bahrainis in private medical institutions.

Minister of Health, Dr Jalila bint Al Sayed Jawad Al Sayed Hassan, indicated that the private medical sector in the kingdom is growing rapidly with the increasing number of institutions that provide many rewarding employment opportunities.

She expressed hope that the ongoing joint efforts will lead to increasing the number of Bahraini staff in this promising sector, highlighting the growing positive cooperation with the private sector in hiring Bahrainis, taking advantage of the incentives provided, including wage subsidies, and the provision of the necessary free training, in coordination with the Labour Fund (Tamkeen). 

It is to be noted that several meetings between officials in the Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Health have been held over the past period to discuss a set of qualitative initiatives to qualify and employ job seekers in the health and medical professions.