Following the directives of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, on the need to care for Bahraini citizens abroad and keep close contact with them, especially when exposed to any circumstances, Assistant Undersecretary for Consular Affairs, Resources and Information, Ambassador Khalil Yacoub Al-Khayat said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been following up the health condition of a Bahraini student in a university in the United States, after a US newspaper has published an article about him.
He added that his father was also contacted to learn more about his son’s situation. 
The ministry has asked the Bahraini embassy in Washington to constantly update it on the citizen’s health and living conditions in the United States. The embassy is communicating with concerned US officials to provide it with the latest developments.