Cabinet assigns bodies to speed up Sheikh Jaber Hospital management
KD 1.5m donation by Hind Abdullah Al-Shalfan welcomed
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 3, (KUNA): The Cabinet Monday assigned Public Investment Authority and Ministries of Health and Finance to speed up process for appointing a management of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah’s Hopsital by next September.
The Cabinet, in its weekly meeting chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Alsabah, said the bodies should complete financial and technical measures to select “a strategic partner and international operator” to manage the hospital, a statement by the Cabinet said.
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attended and patronized last Wednesday the opening of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital.
The main building of the hospital consists of five towering 10-stories structures built on a 220,000 square meters area.
The hospital bed capacity reached around 1,168 with 36 operation rooms, a medical center, a helipad and a parking lot accommodating some 5,000 vehicles.
The Cabinet, meanwhile, welcomed a 1.5 million Kuwaiti dinars donation by Hind Abdullah Al-Shalfan to establish a hospital to be named after Amnah Abdullah Al-Shalfan.
Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan briefed the Cabinet about the level of e-services in government sector, and the government sought to address shortcomings either through solving hurdles or punishing officials failing to meet expectations.
The government ministers however welcomed a visit by Fayez Al-Sarraj, president of the Libyan government of national accord, to Kuwait tomorrow.