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Work set to start on new health projects
| Date: | May 16, 2013 |
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| Category: | News |
| Source: | Al Arab Newspaper, Gulf Times |
In a major boost to Qatar’s health sector, the Public Works
Authority (Ashghal) yesterday awarded work contracts totalling QR1.2bn,
covering seven major projects, including new health centres and additional
operation theatres at the Hamad General Hospital.
The projects are part
of Ashghal’s ambitious QR14.2bn plans for 2013-14 to develop 124 building
projects across the country.
“The completion of
the seven new projects would go a long way in realising the government’s
commitment to provide improved healthcare to the residents in every nook and
corner of Qatar,” HE the Minister of Public Health Abdulla bin Khalid
al-Qahtani, who is also the secretary
general of the Supreme Council of Health, stated at the contracts awarding
ceremony.
The projects awarded
are additional operation theatres at Hamad General Hospital, health centres at
Al Nuaim, Al Muntazah (Rawdat al Khail), Al Karaana, Al Rawda and Al
Ghuwairiyah and a health and wellness centre at Umm Salal.
Ashghal president
Nasser al-Mawlawi said the authority was committed to support the establishment
of an advanced and world-class healthcare system in the country in line with
the goals and objectives of Qatar
National Vision 2030.
Pointing out that
health and welfare are among the key elements of the development pillars
of Qatar National Vision, the official
said Ashghal and its partners would continue to deliver projects that were
built on par with the best international quality and safety standards in
concept, design and construction.
Later, al-Qahtani was briefed on the details of the
projects by al-Mawlawi while they went on a tour of inspection at the venue of
the meeting where miniature models of the proposed buildings were displayed.
Out of the QR1.2bn contracts awarded yesterday, QR255mn are
earmarked for the construction of a health
centre, spread over 22,148sqm, along the B-road in Al Muntaza area and a
17,165sqm Al Nuaim health centre in
Laebib on the northern side, about 12km from Doha central. Al Muntaza health
centre is coming up at the old location of the Medical Commission.
When completed,
besides the main medical centre, the integrated complex in Al Muntazah would
also include a mosque, an ancillary building, a guard house, three rooms for
watchmen, an emergency medical service hub and an ambulance garage. The
basement will have parking for 259 cars and on the ground level, there would be
105 shaded parking bays.
The wellness centre
at the basement level would also have a swimming pool, gymnasium, massage
rooms, and ante-natal rooms. The medical facility, spread across the basement,
ground and first floors, would comprise
men’s and women’s clinics, specialty and dental clinics, walk in clinic,
departments of radiology, pharmacy, lab,
storage, administration office and staff lockers.
The Al-Nuaim health
centre would also have almost similar facilities. One of its remarkable
features is the provision for parking 404 vehicles at the basement and 83
shaded parking lots at the ground level. The complex is equipped with a
separate ambulance entrance as well.
