Kuwaiti parliament considers health insurance law

The National Assembly's Committee on Health and Social Affairs on Monday discussed the health insurance law and how to provide better health services to people. Emerging from the committee meeting on the issue, Dr. Hassan Al-Qwayan, the rapporteur of the committee, said the meeting had also thrashed out overtures purposed to build new clinics, increase working hours at medical centers and set up first-aid centers on highways. The committee represented a report to the National Assembly on medical priorities in the country, primarily better health services to people, he pointed out.