Qatar awards USD300 mn healthcare projects
27-Oct-14, The Peninsula Qatar
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) yesterday awarded contracts for healthcare projects, including expansion of Hamad General Hospital’s Emergency Department, four new health centres, and the expansion of Al Khor Hospital with an additional 500 beds.
The QR1.08bn consulting and construction contracts — part of Qatar’s efforts to enhance medical facilitates — also include construction of a state-of-the-art Simulation Centre at Hamad Medical City to provide virtual surgical training to fresh medical graduates.