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The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has signed contracts worth $114.6m with a number of international companies to conduct studies, draft engineering designs and provide supervision and administration for King Abdullah Medical City in Makkah and King Khaled Medical City in the Eastern Province.
Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah signed the contracts at his office in Riyadh. King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, had ordered that the Ministry be allocated $4.2bn for the two medical cities.
Dr. Al-Rabeah said these contracts will see the completion of the Kingdom's remaining medical city projects. These cities have been designed to provide about 7,000 referral beds.
They include a number of specialist hospitals and oncology and neurosurgery centres. They will also provide facilities for complicated cardiac surgeries, kidney transplants, radiology treatment and rare medical conditions.
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The cities will ensure that citizens need not travel to other areas for routine and specialist treatment. They form part of the National Project for Integrated and Comprehensive Healthcare.
Dr. Khaled Al-Shaibani, general executive manager of King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam, explained that King Khaled Medical City is 700,000m2 with 1,500 beds, consisting of a specialist ophthalmology hospital, cardiac hospital, neurosurgery and research centre and 200 outpatient clinics.
He said the new city is completely independent from King Fahd Specialist Hospital in the region, and will provide additional medical services.
Dr. Hassan Bakhamees, CEO of King Abdullah Medical City in the Western region, said the city is spread over an area of two million square meters and is located on the Makkah-Jeddah Highway.
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