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Kuwait earmarks $160m for health projects

17 Jun 2010

(MENAFN) Kuwaiti health officials have announced plans to build nine towers to be annexed to hospitals, in a project costing $160 million, Reuters reported.

The towers will add about 2,000 beds to Kuwait’s hospital bed capacity, the officials said.

The towers will be annexed to the maternity hospital, Al-Sabah, Al-Razi, Al-Amiri, Ibn Sina, Al-Adan, Al-Jahra, and Al-Farwaneya hospitals, as well as Hussain Makki Juma Center for Specialised Surgeries, Ministry Undersecretary for Services and Maintenance Sameer Al-Asfour said.

The new towers will increase the number of operating rooms to 70, and the number of beds in intensive care units to 90 beds, Al-Asfour said.

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