Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi

KUWAIT: Minister of Health Ali Al-Obaidi stressed yesterday that the ministry is having zero tolerance and imposing laws on all companies, bodies and public societies exploiting state-owned lands surrounding governmental hospitals and clinics, besides any facilities of the Ministry without legal document.

He added in press statement that in protection of the states' rights and public money, the ministry adopted a number of legal measures to face such violations of exploiting lands affiliated to the Ministry facilities.

The ministry officially addressed such bodies last October indicating that exploiting any lands affiliated to the Ministry should be followed after offering a bid according to the conditions and criteria of legal, administrative, and technical and health terms, instructed by the Ministry of Finance. The revenues of using any such lands should only go to the state's income as such facilities are considered public properties, according to the legal measures followed in the country, he said. - KUNA