Victim Of The Visa Trade Is Stuck Between The Devil And The Deep Sea

In the matter, Al-Qabas daily published an article on January 28, 2021, titled "Termination of nurses opens the wounds of the angels of mercy," about those whose contracts with the Ministry of Health were aborted by their companies, and who found themselves in a circle of suffering despite the urgent need for their specializations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the great shortage in medical and nursing staff, new facts and surprises were revealed.

After so many of affected nurses filed complaints with the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) in the last few days, references said investigations revealed that the nursing companies trade in residence permits, had received large sums of money for bringing nurses from their countries, and had pressured each nurse to pay between KD 2,000 and KD 5,000 to waive the sponsorship and allow them to contract with the Ministry of Health or the prying eyes of the public.

According to the reports, the investigations also found a company that is suspected of collecting up to one million dinars from these nurses and doctors in exchange for allowing them to relocate houses to other locations in a matter of months. While state agencies work to fight the visa trade, certain nursing companies continue to benefit from it by manipulating, blackmailing, and exploiting medical workers after they have been brought from their nations.

The job protection sector disclosed negotiations of this needed manpower during investigations with them, according to informed sources from PAM, explaining that these companies had terminated their contracts with the Ministry of Health and dealt with them in a way to exploit them during the Corona pandemic, and many of them were forced to pay. According to the sources, certain corporate officials have been questioned and grilled regarding receiving cash in exchange for passing contracts to the Ministry of Health, and legal action is being initiated against them.

They stated that PAM, which represents the labor protection sector, is continuing to fight the visa trading problem by referring various suspicions to the Public Prosecution. Hundreds of complaints have been filed with PAM in the previous few days, and investigations are still ongoing. If the Ministry of Health so wants, PAM has the authority to transfer the residences of all medical and nursing employees impacted by the force of legislation without the firms' agreement to direct contracts with the Ministry of Health. To satisfy the demand, PAM has requested that government agencies and the Central Tenders Committee cut the rate of direct contracts with companies that supply medical staff and human resources to government agencies.

According to the sources, there is also a suggestion to lower the rate to 50% so that government agencies can get the jobs they need without having to go via tenders or contracts and to link this to the size of the ministries' needs. In the meantime, a number of nurses told them regularly that they had been moved from their companies to work for the Ministry of Health, but that the ministry has yet to complete the hiring procedures, despite the fact that they had been working in the ministry's sectors before their companies terminated their services. "We completed the examinations and performed the transactions necessary of us to return to our work in the Ministry of Health," they stated, "but we are still stranded between the delays in permissions and the coming expiration of company residence." We're subjected to settlements that suggest government-private contracting in bids once more."

In the meantime, a number of nurses told them regularly that they had been moved from their companies to work for the Ministry of Health, but that the ministry has yet to complete the hiring procedures, despite the fact that they had been working in the ministry's sectors before their companies terminated their services. "We completed the examinations and performed the transactions necessary of us to return to our work in the Ministry of Health," they stated, "but we are still stranded between the delays in permissions and the coming expiration of company residence." We're subjected to settlements that suggest government-private contracting in bids once more."

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