National approach to raise employment rates in the health sector: 911 Bahrainis employed in the first period of 2023

16-08-2023

H.E. Mr. Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, Minister of Labour, stressed that the growth of the economic, industrial and commercial sectors in the Kingdom of Bahrain is a key tributary in generating more jobs in the private sector. This came within the framework of the National Labour Market Plan for the years (2023-2026), which aims to sustain growth and enhance the Kingdom's position as an attractive environment for entrepreneurship in the region. In this context, Humaidan revealed that the health sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain achieved the largest growth in employment rates among the various productive sectors during the first half of 2023. Among the most prominent of these results is the employment of 911 Bahrainis in various technical, health and administrative jobs and professions available in health institutions. This achievement is due to the government's efforts to attract more investments in the health sector, which is witnessing increasing growth and creating more opportunities for citizens. The health sector has also contributed to the employment growth and motivated the government to launch a number of initiatives to further contribute to the recruitment of Bahraini doctors and support their professional level. These contributions include subsidising the wages of new doctors and dentists for three years and raising the salary ceiling for working doctors and dentists by a maximum of BD1000 and a minimum of BD800. In addition, it contributes to providing incentives to hospitals and medical centers in the private sector that achieve a Bahrainisation rate equal to 25% of doctors, and the introduction of a special program to improve the wages of Bahraini doctors who were previously employed in the private sector. In a like manner, the Labour Fund (Tamkeen) bears the increase in salary of more than BD600 by BD200 for a year, as well as the introduction of a qualification program to train private sector doctors in the government sector while continuing to work in the private sector.