Medical Services and Compensation

A. Health Services

• The employee, their spouse, and up to three children under the age of 18 residing with them in the Sultanate of Oman, are entitled to all health services available in Oman, excluding what is stated under point D belw.

• The faculty member shall bear some medical fees incurred at government hospitals in Oman.

B. Compensation for Accidents

• Compensation for accidents resulting in disability or permanent impairments that occur during the performance of the employee's official duties shall be in accordance with the laws in force in Oman.

• This compensation does not cover accidents and cases that occur at home or while traveling outside the scope of work.

C. Free Treatment Card

• The faculty member is obligated to submit an application for a free treatment card immediately after their appointment.

• The faculty member shall bear the fees for the issuance, renewal, and maintenance of the treatment card, as well as any other fees imposed by the competent authority.

D. Medical Examinations and Other Expenses

• The employee shall bear the expenses of conducting medical examinations to prove health fitness for work if conducted outside Oman.

• The employee  shall pay the fees for obtaining passports, visas, vaccination certificates, and any other related expenses.

D. Exclusions

• Medical Conditions Excluded from Free Treatment

1. Organ Transplant

2. Open-Heart Surgery

3. Cancerous Tumors

4. All types of Hepatitis

5. Infertility

6. Cancer and Genetic Blood Diseases

7. Restoration Surgery

8. Dialysis

9. Artificial replacement (bony and non-bony)

10. Addiction

11. All types of Cardiac diagnostic and therapeutic catheterization, and open heart surgery

12. Pulmonary Fibrosis

13. Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

14. Acne

15. Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

16. Schizophrenia

17. Alzheimer’s disease

18. Metabolic diseases

19. All dental services and treatments

• Medicines Excluded from Free Treatment

1. Biological medicine for rheumatism and psoriasis treatment

2. Biological medicines for asthma treatment

3. Biological medicines for retinopathy treatment

4. Diabetes drugs (GLPI & DPP4 Inhibitor)

5. Pre-dialysis drugs in cases of kidney failure

6. Botulinum drugs for treatment of spasm motor nerve and sweating

• Services Excluded from Free Treatment

1. Private rooms and private consultations

2. Prosthetic devices, spectacles, hearing aids, dentures, plastic surgery solely for cosmetic reasons, cardiac pacemakers, and similar supportive devices