Health Facilities Infrastructure Saudi Arabia 2012

Examining the design and integration of state-of-the-art healthcare facilities for the Kingdom

2nd Annual Health Facilities Infrastructure Saudi Arabia will highlight key strategies and solutions to the latest challenges faced by Saudi Arabia’s public and private healthcare industry. Saudi Arabia is considered to be the largest healthcare sector in the GCC region. The government has increased the healthcare budget by 26% for 2012 and recently signed off the latest round of healthcare tenders. The total investment is expected to reach US $23.4 billion this year with the private sector spending accounting for almost 25% of the total.

An increase in the number of patients over 65; an expanding population; and a number of rapidly growing diseases are contributing to the strain on the existing healthcare services for residents within the Kingdom. The requirement to commission and construct state-of-the-art medical cities; develop sophisticated biomedical equipment; and form international collaborations, has resulted in the transition to a mixed healthcare system. Therefore, the government will provide healthcare services to the military and low-income residents and a variety of private healthcare options will become available to the remaining population.

US $4.3 billion has been allocated for five medical cities throughout the Kingdom, with the remaining budget assigned for 130 hospitals, in construction, resulting in 28,470 more beds, in addition to 17 new hospitals and primary care centres. In order to explore and examine the design, integration and investment within this rapidly progressing market, IQPC have developed the 2nd Annual Health Facilities Infrastructure Saudi Arabia.