By Hussain Hazzazi

Okaz/Saudi Gazette

JEDDAH — A total of 76 medical staff consisting of 21 doctors, 53 nurses and two technicians have dropped out of King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah during the past three months, informed sources said quoting a report by the Health Ministry.

The report said the staff resigned or refused to renew contracts because they found employment opportunities in other hospitals with higher pay.

It said the hospital is facing many problems including the long procedures for medicine supplies which pass through a long list of departments before getting approved.

The report also said classification of the counteracts signed with the doctors take a a long time to finalize.

It said some supervisory bodies in the hospital intervene in the administrative work which are within the jurisdiction of the general director.

"There are job titles which remained vacant despite their importance and the hospital's need for them," the report said.