JEDDAH, 15 September — Efforts are under way to solve the delay in payment of salaries at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) in Jeddah, Al-Watan reported yesterday.
An informed source at KFSHRC said despite complaints from some expatriate staff members about delay in salary payment none of them has submitted resignation papers. The hospital is functioning normally, he added.
Some hospital staff disclosed that they planned to seek employment in the United States and Europe as they could not cope with delayed payments at the hospital.
The hospital had issued a memo last week to its staff informing them of an indefinite delay in the payment of August salaries.
The authorities, which required SR22 million to pay its 1,800 employees did not give a reason then for the delay.
The hospital, which help reduce pressure on the King Faisal Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, employs internationally known specialists in all medical specializations and offers services to thousands who cannot afford to go to Western countries to get advanced treatments.
According to an earlier report, the hospital authorities made arrangements to cover employees’ food and long distance phone calls.
The Ministry of Finance and National Economy owed the hospital more than SR500 million in unpaid bills.
The hospital staff hoped that authorities would take immediate steps to solve the salary problem so that the high standard of the hospital could be maintained.
