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Kuwait pioneer in serving disabled |
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 00:28 |
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March 24 (KUNA) -- Kuwait is a pioneer in serving people with disabilities and helping them mingle with society members, Higher Council for the Disabled said Wednesday.
Endorsing the law associated with preserving disabled rights to health care, education and career is a historic accomplishment of Kuwait, council's official Issam Haidar told KUNA on the sidelines of holding the fifth Gulf Week for the Disabled in Kuwait.
It alleviated the suffering of disabled nationals and expatriates through granting them and their families privileges and services that attain to their needs such as social insurance and providing them with rehabilitation, health care and educational centers, he said.
As for the number of those with disabilities, Haidar said that it was 30, 000, adding that the council established in 1996 and of which grouped the Ministry of Social Affairs, public and private affiliated bodies provided care for all age groups.
The council provides those disabled and their families with financial and social support needed. - Kuna
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