Thursday 19 / September / 2024
Muscat: The Ministry of Health has inaugurated the Al Mazyouna Hospital in Dhofar Governorate. This new hospital aligns with the Oman Vision 2040 strategic goals of providing specialised healthcare institutions in various governorates.
The inauguration ceremony was held under the patronage of His Highness Sayyid Marwan bin Turki Al Said, Governor of Dhofar, with the presence of H.E. Dr. Hilal Ali Al Sabti, Minister of Health, as well Ministry’s Undersecretaries and number of high ranking officials.
The project, which covered a built-up area of 13,649 square meters and costed more than OMR 15 million, was directly supervised by the Ministry of Health.
The main building of Al Mazyouna Hospital includes clinics for general medicine, internal medicine, dentistry, pediatrics, surgery, otolaryngology (ENT), and ophthalmology, in addition to a clinic for the expanded immunization program and gynecology and obstetrics clinics.
The Hospital project has a capacity of 50 beds for admission distributed across various inpatient wards including male and female internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and surgery, as well as adults and neonatal critical care units.
The facility also has an emergency and accident unit, a dialysis unit, a delivery room, and an operating theater.
The building includes several clinics and departments such as diagnostic services, including a radiology department that will offer both CT scans and conventional X-rays, in addition to a medical biomedical engineering workshop, a central sterilization unit, a medical warehouse, a general store, and other supportive services.
Al Mazyouna Hospital project is part of the Ministry of Health's efforts to develop the healthcare system in the Sultanate of Oman and enhance its efficiency in line with population growth and the evolving demands for healthcare services across the country.
