ARAB NEWS
Monday 24 December 2012

JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered the construction of two medical cities in Riyadh and Jeddah under the Ministry of Interior, Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Naif announced yesterday.

“King Abdullah’s gesture reflects his care for the security officers and their families,” the minister said, adding that the two medical cities would provide specialized health services to all citizens in the Kingdom.

Prince Muhammad said the two medical cities, with advanced facilities and specialist doctors, would receive patients transferred from other hospitals including the ministry’s hospitals in different parts of the country.

“There is a plan to establish a network of hospitals under the ministry as part of efforts to provide integrated medical services,” the prince said. “The two medical cities in Riyadh and Jeddah were planned to provide specialized health services to the ministry’s staff and security officers,” he added. Prince Muhammad thanked the king for the gesture.
In a related development, an 800-bed hospital will be established at Taibah University in Madinah. Higher Education Minister Khaled Al-Anqari has signed a contract to implement the hospital project.

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A design of the new medical city project. (SPA)