2023-04-28 19:03:06
The World Health Organization listed Madinah 2021 among the best healthy cities in the world in proportion to meeting international health standards, becoming the first city in that category with a population of more than 2 million people, at a time when several infrastructure projects are being prepared in Madinah to support the health system in the region.
The number of health care centers in Medina reached 156 health centers in 2019 AD, while the number of private sector hospitals reached 11 hospitals and 18 hospitals in the government sector. The ratio of the number of hospitals and beds per 100 thousand people in the city in 2019 AD, according to the report of the Ministry of Investment, is 1.56 hospitals per 100 thousand people and 228.09 beds per 100 thousand people, while 5 modern hospitals are being established for the private sector in Madinah.
The development of the health care sector in Madinah is supported by a group of major national programs such as the health sector transformation program, which is one of the Saudi Vision 2030 programs. The health sector transformation program aims to improve the health care infrastructure in the Kingdom by increasing access to health services and e-health services and ensuring transparency and sustainability. Finance.
The program focuses on applying international health standards and unifying cooperation between the various health care sector entities in the Kingdom. Health care is also enhanced through continuous development work that includes various projects from the public and private sectors. In 2021, the World Health Organization listed Madinah among the best health cities in the world. For meeting international health standards set by the World Health Organization program to become the first city of over 2 million people on that list.
It is noteworthy that in 2020, a number of new health projects were inaugurated by the Ministry of Health in Madinah, with a total value of more than 628 million riyals, and the projects that launched included the opening of new inpatient wards in Madinah Hospital with a capacity of 200 beds out of a total of 500 beds, at an estimated cost of 320 million riyals. The operation of the remaining bed capacity successively, in addition to the launch of 27 intensive care units equipped with the latest medical equipment and new technologies. The new projects that entered service also included the launch of a number of development projects at King Fahd General Hospital, with a total value of 129.5 million riyals, including the surgical suite developed at King Fahd Hospital. Fahd Al-Aam with a capacity of 8 operating rooms at a total cost of 21 million riyals to cover all surgical specialties and is equipped with the latest medical devices supported by qualified cadres to deal with critical medical cases, in addition to the intensive care suites developed in the hospital with a capacity of 60 beds at a cost of 100 million riyals, in addition to a number of development projects. To improve the entrances and the outer perimeter of the hospital.
The projects that were inaugurated also included specialized intensive care wards for pediatric care at Al-Madina Hospital for Women, Maternity and Children with a capacity of 30 beds and a total cost of 30 million riyals. Its facilities are fully upgraded, the infrastructure efficiency is increased, and the level of services is fully enhanced.
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