Stranded Medical Workers on Verge of Starvation
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Ghazanfar Ali Khan, 14/5/08
More than 55 foreign medical workers in Riyadh have not been paid their salaries for several months and are now “on the verge of starvation.” To add to their problems, the local Labor Court has scheduled a hearing into their case for July. “These workers have been sponsored by the Riyadh-based Nukhba House for Medical Services and are on the verge of starvation now,” said Abid Lateef Khan, a Pakistani medical technician who has not been paid his salary for six months. Gagan Kumar Singh, an Indian laboratory technician who has not been paid for seven months, said, “Our requests and pleas fell on deaf ears. We approached the management many times asking them to clear our dues and send us home.”
