GE Healthcare presented its latest medical innovations and broad portfolio of solutions offerings in oncology, cardiology, women’s health care, services, performance and hospital solutions at Saudi Health 2013.

In addition to reaffirming its commitment to localization and advancing the Kingdom’s health care infrastructure in line with the Kingdom’s Strategic Healthcare Plan and the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) focus on ‘patient first,’ GE is also unveiling several new technologies in general radiology, as well as sharing progress on critical health care commitments in the Kingdom.

“The Kingdom is executing its ambitious vision to transform health care in Saudi Arabia,” said Ali Saleh, president & CEO of GE Healthcare in Saudi Arabia.

He added: “Lasting change does not happen over night. Raising standards of health care in the Kingdom is an ongoing project and one that the Ministry of Health, with its initiative, ‘Patient First,’ is committed to in line with the Kingdom’s Strategic Healthcare plan. Through our company-to-country approach, GE Healthcare is striving to complement the Ministry of Health’s strategy by bringing our latest technology, expertise, and solutions to the Kingdom.”

He said: “Both domestically and as a critical health care hub for the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is leading the way in transforming the health care system for its citizens, through breakthrough initiatives in e-health, performance transformation and cancer screening. GE Healthcare is proud to be a platinum sponsor of the Saudi Health congress and we congratulate the Ministry of Health and its partners on convening this important event to further advance health care in the Kingdom.”

Saudi Health took place at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center.

Among the new solutions highlighted for the first time in the Kingdom at Saudi Health were the Silent Scan, the Universal Viewer, Optima CT660 FREEdom Edition; the Logiq S7 ultrasound system and the DoseWatch dose management program.