Feasibility done for $1bn Salalah Medical City

Construction activity in Muscat, Oman. The Sultanate is investing heavily in infrastructure such as hospitals.

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Apex Medical Group (AMG), part of the Saudi conglomerate AlJoaib Holding, has completed the market feasibility study for its $1bn Salalah Medical City in Oman.

Kane Healthcare Consulting Group, in consortium with Ernst & Young (E&Y) as financial advisor and Atkins as master planner, have completed the market, operational, regulatory and financial feasibility study of the project.

Spread over 500,000m² by the sea in Salalah, the project is being developed at the site of an integrated medical tourism complex donated by the Oman Ministry of Tourism.

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The practice leader of Kane Healthcare Consulting and an appointed project director for AMG, Dr Naeema Aziz, led the feasibility study consortium, said AMG president Dr Abdullah al Joaib.

The project comprises a multi-speciality 530-bed tertiary-care hospital, transplant and dialysis centre, rehabilitation centre and a medical and diagnostic centre.