Many Fake Doctors Among 600 'marginal' Expat Workers Arrested
Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior, and Acting Minister of Defense, instructed Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled to clean the labor market of violators and adjust demographics on his behalf. According to Al-Qabas daily, campaigns launched by the Interior Ministry and other concerned parties resulted in the arrest of about 600 marginal workers referred to deportation prisons in the past two weeks.
With the participation of officers from the Residency Affairs Investigations Department and various sectors of the Ministry of Interior, the tripartite committee led by the Public Authority for Manpower carried out many field campaigns to regulate the labor market and eliminate law violators.
Tripartite committee field campaigns revealed an increasing phenomenon of "fake doctors," as expatriates were caught practicing medicine, nursing, and providing specialized medical services without obtaining certificates or licenses that permitted them to do so in medical centers and private clinics. Statistics issued by the tripartite committee showed that six of those arrested practiced the medical profession and treated patients.
A large number of domestic workers and others were arrested for practicing medicine and nursing. Legal measures were taken against them through cooperation between the Ministry of Interior, the Public Authority for Manpower and the Ministry of Health. The field teams were also able to monitor and seize 15 dummy recruitment offices for domestic workers. About 90 workers were found in violation of the residency law, as well as absconders who were working on the basis of daily wages. To prepare for their deportation from the country, they and those who run these facilities were referred to the appropriate authorities.