Deal signed to finance construction of King Abdulla Bin Abdulaziz Medical City Hospital buildings

Under the Patronage of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom of Bahrain His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a special ceremony was held at the Arabian Gulf University (AGU) marking the signing of the agreement to finance the construction of the buildings of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City Hospital.

The agreement was signed between AGU and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), and the ceremony was attended by the President of the Supreme Council for Health (SCH) HE Lieutenant General Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Education Minister and Chairman of the Higher Education Council Dr Majid Al Nuaimi and Health Minister Faeqa Al Saleh. Signing the agreement were AGU President Dr Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al Ohaly and SFD Vice President and Managing Director Dr Khalid bin Sulaiman Al Khudhairi.

This agreement comes to announce the start of the actual phase of building the city, after Al Fouzan Contracting Company was chosen to implement the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City project. The contract has set a period of 30 months to implement the project from the date of its signing, stating that the estimated period for King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City Hospital to be operational by the beginning of the year 2022.

On the occasion, Dr Al Nuaimi stated that the establishment of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City project in the Kingdom of Bahrain comes as to continue the success achieved by AGU, noting that this advanced educational medical city will constitute a qualitative addition to the facilities of this reputed university and to the services it provides, adding that the Kingdom of Bahrain will spare no effort to provide everything that would advance this great project.

For his part, Dr Al Ohaly asserted that the signing of the agreement and the construction of the City reflects the strategic vision for joint cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain. At the same time, AGU President expressed thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the care and support provided by the Saudi government to the university and financing the medical city project through SFD.

Dr Al Ohaly also extended his thanks and appreciation to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for his generous patronage of the university, and for hosting AGU in the Kingdom of Bahrain and for donating a land to construct the medical city project on.

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City was directed to be established by the late Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who donated SR1 billion to fund the project, and a million square-meter land was allocated for the project in the Southern Governorate as per the instructions of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.