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28 Oct 2022

Author:
Nelson Mandela, PML Daily

Saudi Arabia: Ugandan domestic worker admitted to clinic and scheduled for surgery for "unknown" illness as recruitment agency neglects her

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"Kyotalimye Joan – girl who was crying for help in Saudi Arabia repatriated", 27 Oct 2022

Kyotalimye Joan Agnes, the lady who recently sent out an audio message asking to be rescued from a Saudi Arabian hospital, has returned to the country under the facilitation of the Government...

In the recording, she said her employer had checked her into Dammam Medical Complex where she was placed into isolation and started on medication for an illness unknown to her. She also expressed concern that medical documents she had seen showed that she was scheduled for surgery “upon recovery”.

She faulted Alaska International Limited and her deploying firm in Saudi Arabia for not responding to her calls for rescue...

The Embassy issued a communication recently which stated that Kyotalimye was found to have Tuberculosis when she was taken to Dammam Medical Complex for a medical fitness test as a standard procedure for her to acquire the residence permit...

[The Resource Centre could not find contact information to be able to invite Alasker International to respond to the reports.]