RIYADH: Doctors who were granted premium residency status in Saudi Arabia praised the benefits of the scheme at an event in Riyadh on Monday.
Speaking to Arab News at the Global Health Exhibition, Dr. Seham Othman Omar, an associate consultant in pediatric cardiology at the National Guard Hospital in Riyadh, said: “The premium residency has many benefits, including freedom of movement.”
She added that the premium residency gave her greater flexibility over where she worked, which allowed her to treat patients “in many hospitals, and in many cities.”
Dr. Omar came to Saudi Arabia in 2000 and worked in several different places, including Qassim and Jubail, before settling in Riyadh at the National Guard Hospital.
The premium residency “allowed us to move from hospital to hospital and from city to city to assist in some hospitals, such as those that lack cardiologists,” she said.
