Muscat – The Ministry of Health (MoH) is getting 11 hospitals constructed in various governorates as part of its efforts to develop the health sector in the sultanate.

A number of them will be opened this year, the ministry confirmed.
Eng Jamal bin Salem al Shanfari, Director General of Projects and Engineering Affairs at MoH, said that the ministry is overseeing development of a number of hospitals in various governorates to strengthen the healthcare system in the country.

He informed that the projects include the new Suwaiq Hospital in North Batinah governorate, having a capacity of 307 beds. “Seventy per cent of the work is complete. We hope that it will be ready next year.”

Shanfari further said that 98 per cent of the structural works for the Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah, Dhofar, has been completed and its construction is expected to end by 2025.

The Khasab Hospital is coming up in Musandam with a capacity of 164 beds. The construction of this hospital will be complete by next year.

“Over 63 per cent of the work for the project has been completed,” Shanfari informed.

Eighty per cent works for the upgradation of the Madha Health Centre in Musandam to a hospital is over. “We expect the hospital to be ready for operation this year,” Shanfari said.

“Another new hospital – Al Mazyouna Hospital – is coming up in Dhofar, and this will be ready by 2024,” he added.

According to Shanfari, designs for three more hospitals viz., Samail Hospital in Dakhiliyah, Al-Namaa Hospital in North Sharqiyah and Al Falah Hospital in South Sharqiya have been finalised. They are currently in the stage of tendering.

The Mahout Hospital in Al Wusta is proceeding with the preparatory work. This hospital is expected to come up in 2025.

“Additionally, the construction of a dialysis unit has been completed in the wilayat of Bahla in Dakhiliyah. Construction works are also underway for a number of dialysis units in Sur in South Sharqiyah and Al Khabourah in North Batinah, while the ministry is preparing to call for tenders for a dialysis unit in Barka in South Batinah,” said Shanfari.