DAMMAM, 19 January 2004 — Dr. Akeel Al-Ghamdi, the director of health affairs in the Eastern Province, announced the allocation of SR465 million in the ministry’s current budget for the establishment of new projects, Al-Watan reported.
He announced the approval of 1,356 new jobs with 1,245 of them being medical jobs. They include 249 in Al-Khafji hospital, 249 in Al-Oyoon hospital in Dahran, 125 in Al-Jabr hospital in Ahsa, 249 in the rehabilitation hospital in Ahsa, 249 technical jobs in a hospital in Ahsa, 125 in a psychiatric hospital in Hafr Al-Baten and 110 managerial jobs, Al-Watan reported.
Al-Ghamdi told a press conference that a new psychiatric hospital would be built in Ahsa at a total cost of SR65 million along with another SR65 million to establish 16 new health centers in the province. This is in addition to SR22 million for development projects, SR12 million to develop the area and SR10 million to develop Dammam medical group.
