Tenders to build 4 hospitals examined

The Minister of Public Works has formed a panel to examine floated tenders for establishment of four new hospitals in Kuwait, a senior official announced on Thursday. Abdul-Aziz Al-Kulaib, the Public Labor Undersecretary, said while examining development construction of Jamal Abdul-Nasser road today, that minister, Abul-Aziz Al-Ibrahim, also the Minister of Electricity and Water, had formed the commissions to examine these tenders and take the appropriate decision, noting that the ventures would be according to international specifications. Al-Kulaib indicated at some natural difficulties and hindrances in execution of development ventures, such as underground water reservoirs. However, he said, special teams have been assigned to use state-of-art engineering tools and methods to dry up these plots of land. He noted such a problem existed in the first road venture. The Jamal Abdul Nasser road development project is one of the mega ventures, currently underway, he said, alluding to construction of new causeways and relays. Up to 11 percent of the venture has been accomplished, said Mahmoud Ramadan, an engineer involved in the project, noting that Al-Ghazali metallic causeway would be brought down.