“Our Saudization plan is to attract all women graduates passing out of nursing institutes in the Kingdom,” the city’s Executive Director General Dr. Hasan Bakhamees told Arab News after a meeting at the city on Thursday.

The meeting was attended by Bakhamees, the Undersecretary for Planning and Development at the Ministry of Health Muhammad Khoshaim, Health Department officials in the southern and western provinces and directors of some leading hospitals.

They discussed the achievements of specialized clinics in the medical city and explored avenues of cooperation between the various health departments.

The number of clinics in the medical city has been increased to 153 to accommodate the large number of cases referred to the city from other hospitals, particularly from the southern provinces, Bakhamees said.

“More than 830 surgeries were conducted in the city during the first half of the year,” he said, adding that the city will open one of the largest laparoscopy centers in the Middle East in a few months.

There are 380 beds in various wards in the city. The cardiology and ophthalmology centers have already been equipped with the most advanced technology for diagnosis and treatment. The work on the laser treatment, neurology, ENT and gastroenterology are under way.

“The city has been successful in attracting skilled Saudi specialists in various rare specializations. There are 115 doctors, while 10 doctors are on foreign scholarship programs,” he said.