New mental health hospital in Abha

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(MENAFN- Al Watan) “Al-Watan” learned that the Ministry of Health has launched a competition for the private sector to implement the project to establish a new mental health hospital in Abha with a capacity of 400 beds.
Health Services
According to the Director General of Health Affairs in the Asir region, Dr. Khaled Asiri, on the occasion of the founding day, the Asir region has witnessed an expansion in health services in recent years, the most important of which is raising the capacity of intensive care beds in the region, which contributed to facilitating access to the health services that were provided, and raising the care family. The intensive care unit increased from 144 beds to 342 beds in Asir health hospitals, in addition to the added beds in other sectors, including Bisha health, the private and military sectors, to reach 920 beds.
Radiology departments
He pointed out that, by 2022, the health of Asir will record a leap in the field of medical and treatment services, and one of the latest development projects in the health field that was recently inaugurated by the Emir of the region is the inauguration of the new pediatric emergency project at Abha Maternity and Children Hospital with a capacity of 24 beds, which is three times the bed capacity. Previously designated for pediatric emergencies, 8 modern mobile medical carts were inaugurated, and a health center in the Officers’ District and the Basateen Mall health center in Mahayel Governorate and others were inaugurated. In addition, Asir Health witnessed the operation of an electrophysiology examination department.
In addition to the establishment and operation of the Radiology Communication Center in the region’s health, the radiology departments were supported with the latest equipment and the development of the medical image archiving system at a cost of 72,522.747 million riyals, and the activation of the drug mail service for six hospitals, with the activation of virtual clinics for drug advice, and the provision of remote drug consultations to more From 6,200 beneficiaries, in addition to signing 4 memoranda of understanding with government agencies.
The health sector in Asir
2022
424.856
Total number of visitors to dental clinics
246905
Beneficiaries of the Medical Rehabilitation Department
35.928
Dialysis session in hospitals
2021
636039 outpatient clinics in hospitals
684,172 Total number of radiological examinations
8.468.701 laboratory test
8 modern mobile medical carts
Inauguration of the Officers District Health Center
Al-Basateen Mall Health Center in Mahayel

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