VOL. XLII
No 43
25-October-1999
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia To Pay Health Arrears
The Saudi Minister of Health, Dr. Usama 'Abd al-MajidShabkashi, told the Arabic daily Al-Hayat on 16 October that theMinistry of Health will pay SR380mn ($101.3mn) at the end of the month to Saudiand foreign companies in outstanding arrears. Dr. Shabkashi said that theministry had accumulated debts of SR8bn ($2.1bn) over the past few years andestimated that the cost of modernizing the hospital sector over the coming...
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