1.45 million dinars saved as inactive disability files suspended
The decision impacted 826 cases, with 198 reviewed at the Public Authority for Persons with Disabilities’ headquarters, while the remaining 628 failed to respond to repeated requests to update information and submit required documents to medical committees.
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Beneficiaries were given a 60-day grace period, during which the authority communicated via SMS and the “Sahel” app. After exhausting all communication channels, the files of non-respondents were temporarily suspended pending completion of the update procedures.
Dr. Dalal Al-Othman, the Acting Director General of the Public Authority for Persons with Disabilities, announced that suspending the files of beneficiaries who failed to update their data has saved 120,497 dinars monthly, totaling 1,445,964 dinars annually, until the review and update process is completed, reported Al Anba newspaper.
Dr. Al-Othman stated that the decision affected 826 cases, with 198 reviewed at the authority’s headquarters. The remaining 628 cases did not respond to repeated requests to update their information and submit the necessary documents to the relevant medical committees.
She added that beneficiaries were given a 60-day grace period, during which the authority communicated via SMS and the “Sahel” app. After exhausting all communication channels, the files of non-respondents were temporarily suspended pending completion of the update procedures.
