Kims to expand its Duqm Medical Complex into 50-bed hospital

The expansion will include a new building adjacent to the currently operating Kims Duqm medical centre

MUSCAT: Kims Oman Hospital (KOH) is expanding its Kims Duqm Medical Complex into a 50-bed hospital. Kims has partnered with Iskan Oman Investment Company to develop the site in phases.

The expansion will include a new building adjacent to the currently operating Kims Duqm medical centre. Kims will be adding new specialities from its expert pool of doctors such as – orthopaedics, general surgery, internal medicine, ophthalmology, cardiology, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, dental, occupational medicine and physiotherapy and rehabilitation.

Kims will add CT scan to the existing radiology modalities of ultrasound and digital X-ray along with physiotherapy, laboratory and audiology.

Kims is the only private medical facility located inside the Special Economic Zone Authority at Duqm (Sezad) and has been providing its services to top industrial companies in Duqm.

According to Sezad, projects so far have been implemented in Duqm worth more than $14 bn. Some of the major projects includes – Duqm Refinery and China-Oman Industrial Park, which plans to harbour an oil refinery, a methanol plant, a solar power equipment production facility, an automobile factory, building materials plant, a tourism zone and homes to accommodate the population of 25,000 in the area.

Commenting on the expansion drive, Dr M I Sahadulla, Group Chairman and Managing Director, Kims Healthcare Group, said: “Over the past years, Kims has gained immense popularity in Duqm by providing high-quality services through its expert team of medical practitioners. Duqm is witnessing an upsurge of industrial activity with a multitude of projects. This has stimulated the social demographics and we can see its population increasing with new families and bachelor settlements coming in. All of them require quality medical services and Kims is here to serve them with new services.”

Engineer Mohammed Abdullah Al Sayegh, Chairman, Iskan Oman Investment Company said, “We at Iskan are bound to make responsible investments, which supports the National economy, thus we are pleased to partner with Kims in expanding the new hospital in Duqm, which we believe will be a necessary medical service addition due to the increasing population. We can see a rapid rise in the infrastructure through the completion of major road networks, commercial operations of Duqm airport, completion of Durum Port and the Dry Dock and many other important projects. All this will lead to the growth in Duqm in the long and the development of other complementary services.”