Abha, January 05: The Cabinet is considering increasing the salary of health technicians working in the private sector to SR6,000 from the present SR3,000. The government would pay 50 percent of the wages while the other half will come through the private sector, informed sources in the Ministry of Civil Service told Okaz/Saudi Gazette, Tuesday.
This step is intended to make health technicians in both private and the public sectors equal in terms of salary, sources added.
Following the royal decrees to appoint graduated from health institutes, the Cabinet seeks to find a radical solution to the problem of health diploma holders and those having scholarships in the private sector, sources pointed out.
Sources also said that a new mechanism has been put in place to absorb male and female graduates in the private sector and replace positions held by non-Saudi staff by Saudi staff as per pertinent laws.
The same sources indicated that 80 percent of the graduates whose names were announced this week to work in the private sector refused working for private hospitals and demanded they be offered positions in public hospitals.
Courtesy: Saudi Gazette