Hospital designs completed

19 March 2004
The Australian Hospital Design Grouphas completed preliminary designs for the planned King Hamad hospital in Muharraq, and a tender for construction is due out by the end of the year. The firm has also been awarded a separate construction supervision contract, worth about BD 1 million ($2.6 million).

A feasibility study drawn up by France's Ingerop Grand Estenvisaged a 300-bed hospital, although this could be increased to take account of an agreement with Ireland's Royal College of Surgeons to set up a training college at the site. Total project costs are estimated at about BD 28 million ($74 million), BD 15 million ($39.5 million) of which is being provided by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. As a condition of the loan, the construction work must be done by a consortium comprising both local and Kuwaiti companies.

Completion of the four-storey, 43,000-square-metre hospital is scheduled for 2007, with construction taking about 24 months. Client responsibility is shared between the Works & Housing Ministry and the Health Ministry (MEED 17:10:03).

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