The Ministry of Health has warned all its officials at health directorates and hospitals across the country not to use foreign workers, who are employed by the government, for private jobs. Those who violate this order will be questioned and disciplined, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry's warning comes in the wake of its internal control and auditing administration uncovering such offenses. The audit showed that some of the ministry's employees have been exploiting these workers by using them to carry out private jobs outside the ministry's offices and premises, during official working hours. Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Nassar, Assistant Director General of Health for Financial and Administrative Affairs in Qassim, issued a circular to the directorate's staff warning them about this issue. Some ministry employees were even found to be taking personal work from the expatriate workers. Al-Nassar said this constitutes a flagrant violation of the ministry's rules.
