3 new hospitals to be built at RO 269 million

gynaecology and obstetrics department, paediatrics, burns unit, ICUS for both children and adults as well as 25 maternity rooms.

Besides two operating rooms, it will have an integrated unit for accidents and emergency, as well as isolation wards.

It will have a radiology department with three x-ray machines, two CT scan machines, an MRI machine, ultrasound devices, bone-density device, a mammogram, pharmacy and medical laboratories.

It will have a day-care unit with endoscopy departments, lithotripsy machine, nephrology department, operating rooms for minor procedures, a physiotherapy unit and advanced chemotherapy unit.

It will also have administration offices, service buildings, medical and general store, sewage treatment plant, helipad, spare generators, water purification equipment and car parking.

The 250-bed Al Suwaiq Hospital will be built at a cost of RO 77 million. The three-storey structure, with a built-up area of 33,440 sqm, suites and operating theatres.

The hospital will have a day-care unit with endoscopy and lithotripsy machines along with a renal dialysis unit. It will have an operating room for minor procedures along with a physiotherapy unit.

The 150-bed Khasab Hospital will be built at a cost of RO 57 million.

To be built on a total area of 100,000 sqm, the three-storey main building will have a built-up area of 27,000 sqm.

It will have in-patient wards such as surgery, internal medicine, gynaecology and obstetrics, and paediatric with 16 beds.

It will have a day-care unit with eight beds, nephrology unit with ten beds, a premature healthcare unit, intensive care unit with five beds for adults and five beds for children, four beds in burns unit and an integrated accidents/emergency unit.

The hospital will have 20 outpatient clinics with various specialties, x-ray and CT departments, and a pharmacy for outpatient clinics. It will have a service building, sewage treatment plant, helipad and car parking.