The Ministry of Health is planning to build 2,000 health centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the allocation of SR41 billion for health, welfare, education and development projects from this year's budget surplus.
Giving this information to Arab News, Dr. Mohammad Ba-Sulaiman, supervisor general of health centers department in the ministry, said a contract for the construction of 150 health centers has already been awarded to Saudi Oger.
According to Ba-Sulaiman said the project would be implemented in phases, beginning with the first batch of 150 centers this year. "Next year we are planning to build 250 more centers in line with our priorities." He pointed out that the ministry has divided primary health centers (PHC) into three categories - A, B and C - depending on the population of the areas. Category A would cater for areas with a population of 15,000 to 25,000, while Category B would serve a population of 5,000 to 15,000. Areas inhabited by less than 5,000 people would be served by PHCs in category C.
