The Health Affairs Directorate in Madinah Province has received additional allocations of more than SR 285 million to boost the ongoing and new health projects in the region.
The projects include the expansion of King Abdulaziz Hospital to 400 beds, in addition to the construction of Al-Ansar, Badr, and Al-Mahd hospitals at the capacity of 200 beds for each, Abdullah bin Ali Al-Taifi, director general of the Health Affairs Directorate, was quoted by the Saudi Press Agency.
He said the emergency and outpatients units at the obstetrics and gynecology hospital are 88 percent complete at a cost of SR 20 million.
Meanwhile, the 500-bed specialized hospital project is 52 percent complete at a cost exceeding SR 450 million, whereas the kidney center in Yanbu is 30 percent complete at a cost of SR 14 million.
He said the first phase of the Specialized Dental Center at King Fahd Hospital is now compete and includes 45 dental clinics. The center is equipped with a lab, two X-ray rooms, a medical library, and a 200-seat conference hall. The center will cost SR 14 million.
He said a project for the construction of outpatient clinics at King Fahd Hospital was awarded to a contractor at a cost reaching SR 50 million. Another project for the 300-bed Miqat Hospital was also awarded at SR 416 million, he said.
SR 285 m set to boost Madinah health projects
SR 285 m set to boost Madinah health projects
Saudi Arabia welcomes US designation of Sudan’s Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization
- Kingdom’s FM lauds decision by Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Prince Faisal bin Farhan says decision bolsters regional security
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has welcomed the US government’s decision to designate the Sudan branch of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
The minister expressed his support for the decision during a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to a statement issued by the Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
During the call, Prince Farhan said the Kingdom supports Washington’s measures that strengthen regional stability and security.
Rubio issued a press statement on March 9 announcing that the Department of State was “designating the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and intends to designate the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, effective March 16, 2026.”
He also claimed, without providing evidence in the statement, that the “Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood uses unrestrained violence against civilians to undermine efforts to resolve the conflict in Sudan and advance its violent Islamist ideology.
“Its fighters, many receiving training and other support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), have conducted mass executions of civilians.”
He added that the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood’s Al-Baraa bin Malik Brigade was designated in September 2025 “for its role in Sudan’s brutal war.”
