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Muscat Daily
21-05-2025
- Health
- Muscat Daily
Oman's Khasab Hospital to be ready by 2025
Khasab – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that construction of the new Khasab Hospital in Musandam governorate has surpassed 85% completion. The project, being developed on a 100,000sqm site with a built-up area of 36,000sqm, is expected to be completed by the end of this year. With a total investment exceeding RO48mn, the hospital will offer 164 beds and a wide range of specialised medical services aimed at strengthening healthcare provision in the governorate. Eng Yousef bin Yaqoub Ambu Ali, Director General of Projects and Engineering Services at MoH, described the hospital as a key health development project in Musandam. Facilities at the new hospital will include an accident and emergency unit, radiology department, nephrology unit, outpatient clinics, rehabilitation centre, and intensive care units for adults, children, and cardiac patients. Additional departments will cater to gynaecology and obstetrics, neonatal care, daily operations, and central sterilisation. Administrative offices, a meeting hall, and general support services are also part of the project. Once operational, the hospital is expected to significantly reduce the need for patients to travel to other governorates for specialised treatment.
Observer
12-04-2025
- Health
- Observer
Al Suwaiq Hospital 82 per cent complete
AL SUWAIQ: The implementation rate at Al Suwaiq Hospital has reached 82 per cent, the Ministry of Health announced. Constructed on a land area measuring 287,000 square metres with a built-up area of 47,357 square metres, the 260-bed hospital has a total cost of RO 75 million. Engineer Yousef bin Yaqoub Ambu Ali, Director-General of the Directorate-General of Projects and Engineering Services at the Ministry of Health, said that the new hospital in the Wilayat of Al Suwaiq is one of the important health development projects in Al Batinah North Governorate. He added that the hospital will have an accident and emergency unit, a radiology department, a nephrology unit, outpatient clinics, a rehabilitation unit, intensive care units, a gynecology and obstetrics department, a special care unit for premature babies, a daily operations department, administrative offices, a meeting room, a central sterilisation department, hospitalisation wards, among other facilities. He stressed that the establishment of an integrated hospital in Al Batinah North Governorate to provide healthcare at both the primary and secondary levels contributes to achieving the goals of Oman Vision 2040 which aims to improve and sustain health services in the governorate. The existence of a local hospital would reduce pressure on existing hospitals thus contributing to the provision of faster medical services. The establishment of Al Suwaiq Hospital reflects the government's commitment to meet the needs of citizens across the governorates. It embodies the decentralisation approach and is a step towards developing and improving healthcare services and enhancing the integration of the healthcare system, the official said. Once operational, Al Suwaiq Hospital will provide healthcare services to citizens while expanding the existing healthcare services provided by Al Suwaiq Health Complex and other health centres in the Wilayat of Al Suwaiq. — ONA
