A medical team of 289 personnel consisting of doctors, nurses and technicians returned to Kuwait from India in the third and final batch of returning medical staff working in Kuwait hospitals. This was done under the instructions of the Minister of Health Dr. Baseel Al Sabah, Undersecretary Dr. Mustafa Reda and Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Affairs Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi and Assistant Undersecretary for Planning, Quality and Support Services Dr. Muhammad Al-Khashti, and Assistant Undersecretary for Services Affairs M. Abdulaziz Al-Tashah .
After undergoing medical examinations for the coronavirus they were moved to Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital for two days, while they await the smear test reports for the coronavirus after which they can return to their homes if the tests are found negative.
A total of 651 health personnel in three batches arrived in Kuwait, and all tested negative except for three nurses who tested positive for the coronavirus. The three had to be placed in quarantine. They health personnel were received by the director of the Nursing Services Department, Sanaa Taqadom, the director of the General Services Department, Mohsen Al-Rashidi, and the consultant of ENT Dr. Ahmed Al-Rashidi, the nursing, public relations and media groups and the head of the Kuwaiti Nursing Society Bandar Al-Anzi.