Public Sector Doctor Salaries in Kuwait - A Glimpse

The word "Kuwait" might make you envision caskets full of oil and baskets full of dollars - but salaried doctors in the public health system of Kuwait make the lowest salaries in the six countries that make up the GCC region (Gulf Cooperation Council)

This news article talks about how a Kuwaiti doctor who completed residency and fellowships in the United States went back to receive a salary or 1200 Kuwaiti Dinars (KD) a month (i.e. US $ 4326.66 a month or about US $52,000 a year) while a physician with similar fellowships makes about US $450,000 in University of Minnesota.

This salary lies at the bottom of the barrel when compared to salaries in neighboring GCC countries - like a Kuwaiti doctor working in Saudi Arabia makes about 60,000 KD a year or about US $215,000 a year), while in Qatar the salary average of a doctor is between 3,000 KD to 5,000 KD a month (i.e. $130,000 to $216,000 a year in US Dollars)

The health care system Kuwait is a mixture of public and private enterprises. A lot of wealthy Kuwaiti guys go abroad for their treatments. And as this guide to Kuwait says, "Although some of Kuwait’s doctors and medical staff are local, the vast majority are foreign and were trained in their home countries. The attraction of Kuwait for them is the same as for most other expatriates: financial reward."

Hmmm...the private practitioners must be making pretty good money then.....need to find about that one...

Now, if only could make oil / gasoline at home like I can make Coke / Soda at Home

:-)


Also Read:


- Kuwait in Pictures
- A Doctor Looks at War: My Year in Iraq
- The Work of the American Mission Hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia




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