Ministry of Health to celebrate al-Amiri hospital expansion

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health will celebrate laying the foundation-stone of Al-Amiri Hospital-expansion, the project cost is estimated to KD 98 million. Ministry of Health Undersecretary Dr. Khaled Al-Sahlawi tols the press today, that the total bed capacity in the new building is to reach 415 beds, including 276 private rooms, 40 dual rooms, in addition to 59 intensive care units. The expansion project will increase the bed capacity by 100 percent, to reach a total of 833 beds when the venture is completed, he added. The Minister of Health Dr. Mohammad Barrak Al-Haifi will lay the new project\'s foundation-stone on Wednesday, Al-Sahlawi said. The new project consists of 12 levels, ground floor, and three basement levels, to include 98 outpatient clinics with various specialties, a central pharmacy, several medical stores, medical library, and lecture halls, he stated. The new project\'s contract will also include restoration and rehabilitation of current hospital buildings, and establishing a total of nine new operating rooms, new x-ray department, physiotherapy unit and labs, he said. The project will also work to build a new parking lot, hosting 640 vehicles, as well as constructing a bridge, and a tunnel to connect buildings. The Ministry is implementing a series of new projects, according to the scheduled work plans set by the state\'s developmental plan to carry out serious reform projects in the field of health services, he affirmed