Qatar's Supreme Council of Health (SCH) is considering a proposal t raise fees charged by the Medical Commission for the mandatory medical checkup, the Peninsula has reported. "The existing fees at the Commission had been fixed many years ago and there is a need for revision. We have submitted a proposal for revising all the fees but no decision has been taken so far," Dr Ibrahim Alshaar, director of the medical commission told the daily. An average of 1,500 people undergo the mandatory tests at the Commission daily, most of whom are newly recruited foreign workers seeking a residence permit in the country.