08/11/2015 08:41 AST
A multi-use healthcare complex with several facilities including a tertiary care hospital, a three-star hotel apartment and residential housing units, is coming up at Al Hail in Seeb.
The multi-use healthcare complex will be known as Al Madina International Hospital with an anticipated opening in 2018.
The integrate project, being promoted by the Al Madina Investment, is expected to attract indigenous as well as alien medical tourists from across the region.
While announcing the details of the project to media persons, senior management officials of Al Madina officials said the company plans to invest RO 72 million in the project.
The complex will consist of a 225-bed tertiary care hospital, 120 keys three-star hotel apartments, 180 residential apartments, a fitness centre and a dedicated retail space within the premises.
Commenting on the project Khamis aI Kiyumi, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Al Madina Investment SAOG, said, “We have been always a market mover when it comes to groundbreaking and innovative investment opportunities here in Oman. Throughout our journey we have successfully launched investment opportunities in various sector such as Takaful, lease finance, logistics, real estate, education, and Islamic finance. Today, we are proud to announce a new concept in Oman — Al Madina International Hospital, an integrated multi-use healthcare complex that will benefit the Oman economy immensely.”
This first of its kind initiative in Oman will make available a unified complex where a spectrum of healthcare options are available that offer patients excellent medical treatment, in addition to a retail space and dedicated fitness-focused facilities.
Abdul Samad al Maskari, CEO of Al Madina Investment said, “Given the exclusive nature of the project, we have been receiving a lot of interest from investors locally and within the GCC to participate in this healthcare opportunity. As we speak we have local Islamic banks and windows willing to fund this hospital in a Sharia compliant manner”.
Named the ‘Al Madina International Hospital’, the clinic will offer family medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, ENT, internal medicine, general surgery, cardiology, orthopaedics, endocrinology, neurology, dentistry, orthodontics and radiology among its specialties.
According to Abdul Rahman Barham, CEO of Al Madina Real Estate SAOC, “The hospital will have complimentary offerings, carried out by our sister company Shaden Development Company SAOC, with the development of 120 keys three-star hotel apartments, 180 residential apartments, including a fitness centre and retail space alongside. The mixed use healthcare complex will be the first of its kind and aims to create a landmark destination in Oman upon completion in 2018.”
He added, “The demand for private health care is rising due to the changing needs of the population. A number of Omanis are seeking treatment abroad because certain specialised treatments are not available here yet.
This creates a vacuum in the sector that the private sector is well placed to fill. The opening of Al Madina International Hospital complex will give citizens and residents the opportunity to choose a medical practitioner, avoiding waiting times and be able to benefit from high-quality services, were all cited as reasons for the rise in take-up of private healthcare.”
Dr Waleed al Zadjali, CEO of Al Bashayer Specialized Medical Centre is the technical partner and co-promoter for this hospital together with Al Madina Investment SAOG.
Dr Waleed said, “The hospital will combine the latest technology in medicine with an expert team of doctors that tend to the patients with a truly remarkable and refreshing level of warmth and compassion of a fam
Oman Daily Observer
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