
SHIF/SHA IN SHAMBLES: A Healthcare Crisis Unfolding
On October 3, 2024, we issued a firm warning that the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and Social Health Authority (SHA) were a sinking ship. Today, just five months later, that ship has capsized, leaving civil servants in a dire situation. Doctors and other public servants are enduring double deductions—2.75% of their salaries to SHIF while also forfeiting their medical