KUWAIT CITY, June 15, (KUNA): The Kuwait Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Tuesday a plan for establishing nine towers to be built annexed to a number of general and specialized hospitals, at the cost of $160 million, with the capacity of 2,000 beds.
The towers will be annexed to the maternity hospital, Al-Sabah, Al-Razi, Al-Amiri, Ibn Sina, Al-Adan, Al-Jahra, and Al-Farwaniya hospitals, as well as Hussain Makki Juma Center for Specialized Surgeries, Ministry Undersecretary for Services and Maintenance Sameer Al-Asfour told KUNA.
The official was speaking following a meeting between the ministry representatives and a number of consulting offices over the project.
The meeting discussed the specifics of the new towers, including the number of beds, medical equipments, and services needed for their operation, he noted.

The new towers will increase the number of operating rooms to 70, and the number of beds in intensive care units to 90 beds, Al-Asfour said.
The project will also increase the number of outpatient clinics, and improve the services related to x-rays, laboratories, sterilization units, and medical records, besides developing a center for disasters and emergency and an isolation ward with a capacity of 90 beds.
The capacity in the country’s hospitals recently increased to 1,000 beds, distributed among Al-Farwaniya, Al-Jahra, Al-Adan, and Mubarak Al-Kabeer hospitals, upon the instructions of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
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