In a statement, the minister thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for his generous support to the health sector.
He said the new health projects in Hail would bring about qualitative improvement in health services in the region.
The new projects include the establishment of a 300-bed general hospital at a cost of SR260 million and another 300-bed hospital southwest of Hail at a cost of SR280 million.
The minister will also open 16 health centers and lay the foundations for 18 others. He will also launch a heart center and a 40-bed kidney center.
“These projects are implemented as a result of the unlimited support of the government and they will have a big impact on improving services,” Al-Rabeeah said.
He reiterated the ministry’s determination to develop health services across the country.
“The ministry has embarked on a major program to develop health facilities and programs in order to win the satisfaction of patients,” he said.
“We have also introduced a number of innovative programs for the benefit of patients and realize the slogan of ‘Patients First’,” he said.
The ministry is moving forward with a well-defined strategy. “We have drawn up the strategy, which is based on a nationwide comprehensive health care plan, for the next 10 years,” he added.
This strategy aims to realize the fundamentals of justice, comprehensiveness, integration, and the best possible service with a focus on top quality and utilization of the highly advanced means of technology, he said.
The national health care plan was finalized after top officials of the ministry as well as Saudi and international experts carried out detailed and in-depth studies at various levels, he pointed out.
The ministry has made a lot of achievements during the past three years and the Home Health Care Program was one of them. “We started the program from scratch, but now there are more than 11,000 patients who are taking advantage of this initiative,” he added.
Hospital Bed Management Program was another major initiative. “There was a shortage of beds. Hence, the ministry worked out a program to best utilize hospital beds based on a rota system. Earlier, each bed had four rotations in a month. Now each bed is having six rotations,” he pointed out.
