Speaking to reporters, he said Al-Abeer Medical & Diagnostic Center in Makkah, which will open on Friday, is staffed with experienced doctors from different countries and equipped with advanced facilities.
“The state-of-the-art facility has all the look of a hospital. We intend to transform this center into a hospital in future,” Mohamed said. The Makkah center will provide free consultation for one month.
“We’ll provide all possible medical services to pilgrims and other patients, especially those facing financial difficulties,” the chairman said. Dr. Hussein Darwish is the new center’s medical director.
Al-Abeer, which went into health services with its Sharafiya polyclinic in 1999, now runs 10 medical centers, including five in Jeddah and three in Riyadh. “Our center in Madinah will be opened very soon. We are waiting for medical staff,” he said.
The group has a plan to enter secondary health care by opening a 200-bed speciality hospital in Jeddah’s Sitteen Street.
“We hope the hospital will be ready within two years,” Mohamed said. “Our doctors and other medical staff are well-trained to occupy positions in any modern hospital,” the chairman said. “We have registered an institution named Al-Abeer Institute of Medical Science in Kerala,” Mohamed said.
He said the group would extend Ayurvedic treatment services considering its popularity.
Al-Abeer now has 800 employees and their number is expected to reach 1,400 by the end of this year, the chairman said, adding that the group was seeking about 500 qualified staff including doctors.
Dr. Abdullah Moopan, medical superintendent, said there was a big shortage of nurses worldwide. Kerala supplies a large number of nurses for hospitals around the world. Al-Abeer has a plan to open a nursing school and a training center for paramedical staff, he said.
