The new face of healthcare
Manama : The King Abdullah Medical City project will be a milestone in the history of the exemplary Bahraini-Saudi relations, affirmed Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday
The Prime Minister made the statements while receiving Education Minister and Chairman of the High Education Council Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi and Arabian Gulf University (AGU) President, Dr. Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al Ohali, at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday.
Dr. Khalid gave HRH Premier a detailed explanation about the King Abdullah Medical City project, which will be run by AGU, and built on a one-million-square-metre plot of land donated by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
HRH Premier was informed about the detailed designs of the huge educational and medical projects through a video presentation on the project’s various phases.
Phase one of the project entails a university hospital with a capacity of 288 beds, 11 operating rooms, a building for medical clinics and a building for medical services.
The phase also includes the construction of excellence centres specialised in research on diseases prevailing in the GCC region, such as cancer, diabetes and obesity.
The world-standard medical city is being designed to serve Bahrain and other GCC countries.
The Prime Minister approved the detailed designs of the first phase of the project which will cost BD100 million, noting that the whole project will create more than 1200 job opportunities after its completion.
HRH the Prime Minister expressed pride in the Kingdom’s hosting of such a huge educational and medical project that will support the government’s programmes to advance treatment methods based on a solid educational and research foundations.
He stressed that the project should be implemented according to the highest levels given the name it is carrying and his efforts in the service of the entire humanity.
Prince Khalifa also lauded Saudi leadership’s firm approach in supporting Bahrain since the era of the late Founder King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud until the present era of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
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