The Saudi Ministry of Health plans to recruit 5,000 Sudanese doctors for its public hospitals, according to a Sudanese diplomat.
Sudanese Ambassador to Riyadh Abdul Hafiz Ibrahim said the new recruits would join 10,000 Sudanese doctors already working in the Kingdom’s public and private sectors.
Ibrahim expects 20,000 Sudanese doctors to work in the Kingdom in the coming few years. “I will make every possible effort to ensure our doctors benefit from the job opportunities available in the health sector here in the Kingdom,” he said.
He said Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah believes Sudanese doctors are the most efficient Arab medical practitioners. He said Sudanese doctors trained Al-Rabeeah.
“The fact is that Sudanese doctors make the fewest medical mistakes,” he said. “Saudi Arabia is seeing a big leap in terms of health services that is why it badly needs medical staff.”
Ibrahim said Sudan’s health services would not be affected by the departure of 5,000 doctors. “We have 5,000 graduates every year, so we will share them between our two countries.”
He said the Saudi health ministry is willing to send Saudi doctors to Sudan for training on the treatment of new and rare diseases.
“The Saudi health ministry has benefited from the Sudanese experience in the strategic planning of medical services at the Kingdom’s hospitals, the development of medical disciplines at Saudi universities, and in the establishment of health divisions at government hospitals,” said Ibrahim.
The Saudi health ministry recruited 2,087 highly qualified consultant doctors from inside and outside the Kingdom between 2010 and 2013, said Undersecretary for Hospital Affairs Dr. Aqeel Al-Ghamdi recently. A total of 723 consultant doctors were recruited internally and 1,364 externally, he said.
MoH recruits 5,000 Sudanese doctors
