HAIL: More than 90 Saudis hired by a contracting company to work with two government hospitals in Hail have allegedly been sacked after serving more than nine years.
Their termination, which came after their company lost the contract to operate the hospitals, has virtually created a vacuum in the administration sections of King Khaled Hospital and Hail General Hospital.
Speaking to Al-Eqtisadiah business daily, a number of the employees said that losing their jobs has put their lives in peril and that they have no other means to support their families.
Meanwhile, hospital officials urged the directorate to make available sufficient numbers of employees to replace employees of the old contracting company. A total of 93 employees of the company have been served termination notice.
Adel Al-Eid, one of the sacked employees, said the new company that won the contract for the operation of the hospitals, is unwilling to renew the contracts of the Saudi employees.
Nasir Al-Mohaifer, spokesman of the Health Affairs Directorate in Hail, said the directorate has nothing to do with the employees' sacking. “The employees lost their jobs after their company’s contract with the directorate expired,” he said, adding that the ball is now in the court of the Ministry of Health. Arab News
