Khadamat regains right for Kuwait medical test in India

IIK Staff Reporter

In a setback to job seekers from India, the Kuwait government has again gave its permission to Khadamat Integrated Solutions Pvt. Ltd to perform medical tests on the expatriates. Kuwait government has restored the right for conducting medical screening of unskilled and semi-skilled job aspirants leaving for Kuwait to Khadamat Integrated Solutions Pvt. Ltd (KISPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kuwait’s Public Service Company. According to report, the agency will resume discharging medical services, the fee for which is fixed at Rs.12,000. It further says that the any reports issued from any other medical centre will not be accepted.

The Kuwait consulate in New Delhi has also asked the Gulf Approved Medical Agents Association (GAMCA), the current testing agency, to wind up its operations.

With this, the aspirants from India will have to come to Mumbai or Delhi for the tests at relatively high cost.

The right to conduct medical screening of job applicants to Kuwait were transferred from the Gulf Approved Medical Centre Association (GAMCA) to KISPL on May 18. However, job aspirants approached the police against the agency as it reportedly charged Rs 24,000 as fee for medical examination as against Rs.3,600 charged by GAMCA.

On June 4, KISPL suspended its operations in Kerala after the issue was taken up by Emigration Department in Delhi, forcing the candidates to undergo the screening at its centre in Mumbai. Later, protector of emigrants, Kochi, also filed a report against Khadamat to protector general of emigrants, which led to the closure of the centre. Khadamat operated centres in Mumbai and Delhi whereas its offices in Kochi and Hyderabad were closed.
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