There are currently a bunch of new hospitals being constructed and designed at the moment in Kuwait and thanks to a reader, I was able to get a bit of information on them. Below is a list of some of the hospitals currently in the pipeline along with their current status and links with more details on the projects:
Al-Adan Women and Children’s Hospital
Already under construction
Al-Razi Hospital
Under tender but paused right now due to budget constraints
Al-Sabah Hospital
Already under construction
Amiri Hospital
Already under construction
Kuwait Cancer Control Centre
Already under construction
Kuwait Children’s Hospital
Currently in design phase
NBK Cancer Hospital (Oncology and Hematology)
Already complete and awaiting commissioning
New Farwaniya Hospital
Already under construction
New Ibn Sina Hospital
On hold, awaiting budget and likely to kick off 2017-2018
New Jahra Hospital
Already under construction
New Maternity Hospital
Construction to begin any day now
Police Hospital
Was tendered and awarded and now awaiting contract signature to kick off
Sheikh Jaber Hospital
Construction nearly complete
Sheikha Salwa Al-Sabah Center for Stem Cell and Umbilical Cord
Already under construction
Thanks Jassim
37 replies on “List of Hospitals Currently Under Construction”
There’s also the new Ahmadi hospital, still under construction i believe.
KOC Ahmadi Hospital construction is completed, to be officially inaugurated in Mar or Apr-17.
Are they going to have a “For Expats Only” segregated section like America used to have “For Colored People Only” sections in hospitals?
always expect the unexpected
Dubai already has that and it includes gcc nationals as expats, they have to pay 20 kd (300 dirhams) just to see the doctor, plus medicine is grossly overpriced. Yet I don’t see anyone shitting on them for doing that
Don’t worry, everyone shits on Dubai including ABC News who broadcast multiple exposés on how they treat their laborers.
Sebastian – you betcha.
Actually, Dubai only has that for non-residents of the UAE. ALL residents of the UAE can go to ANY public hospital at any time of day and there are no hospitals there that are exclusively for Emiratis or that have timings for locals and timings for expats….
Thank you adly.
Sulaiman, have a cookie and several seats.
adly is wrong.
luckily the internet hides nothing
https://www.thenational.ae/uae/health/abu-dhabis-biggest-hospital-only-treating-emiratis-claim-expats
https://www.expatbriefing.com/country/united-arab-emirates/healthcare/national-health-service-for-expats-in-the-united-arab-emirates.html
https://gulfnews.com/news/uae/health/hospital-refusing-expat-dialysis-patients-1.51021
I stand corrected. Didnt know that the UAE has some of the same racist segregation policies when it comes to health care. Oh well, at least they have legal beer to drown ones sorrows in
I would gladly have a seat and a cookie, thank you… you can stand, no cookie or points for being pretentious and conceited.
I’d rather be those things than a hysterical, hostile bitch like you.
would you like a pacifier?
This is coming from someone who hated on someone on here for not liking a couple of restaurants in Kuwait (you’re insane, what would you have said if the person didn’t like a couple of baqalas?) and then like a day later, complain that a new restaurant here that he hasn’t even tried “doesn’t look very good”.
Face it, you are a hypocrite.
Who needs Netflix when I’ve got you.
Actually there are plans… I’ve read in the papers that after the kuwaiti only hospital is completed, the govt will be building an expat hospital
All public hospitals in Oman are for citizens only. Yet I don’t see anyone shitting on them for doing that
They seem like too many hospitals for less than 2 million population…. Is there some factor. we are overlooking on why this health care need is anticipated and is in pipeline to be provided..
So now you’re complaining that there are too many hospitals?
if they deported all the negative and demanding (including locals) kuwait would have a population of 3 people… chances are thats the only time locals will be greater than expats in this country.
Kuwait’s population is around four million people, creating these hospitals would likely end overcrowding in hospitals.
High chances that these are “not for expat” types… so for less than 2 million native population only…
are you hinting at something?
Two corrections:
– Al-Sabah Hospital’s superstructure is nearly complete; it’s going up right next door to KU’s Shuwaikh Campus and is visible from a lot of different vantage points. Completion 2018.
– The Cancer Control Centre is also about four floors overground right now with construction completion planned for 2019.
thanks updated it
These are excellent and much needed developments. I think everyone would rather have a surplus of hospital beds and rooms than the current overcrowded situation
Theres also the new al adan hospital which is under construction
Already listed
Will Kuwaitis use these hospitals or they will still go on touristic treatment abroad.
That is the question…
The minister resigned because he couldn’t remove the person responsible for all the corruption in the abroad treatment program, so there is your answer.
Building these hospitals is one thing but staffing them is another huge issue. Infact that’s been the biggest hurdle in getting the Jaber hospital running. The salaries for doctors has been the same forever and the MOH works at a snail’s pace in processing the work contracts. Right now the only nationality of doctors interested in coming and working in Kuwait are the Egyptians. I have no idea how are they going to find enough doctors to work in all these new hospitals and who is going to process their papers.
Three Expats only hospitals are also on way.
Expected completion by 2019.
https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/kuwait-inches-closer-expat-hospitals/
I am only an expert at a very finite part of healthcare and a practitioner for a relatively short time however from what I’ve seen on a number of continents very rarely does the number of buildings or their quality equate to better outcomes ……
One would think that investing on better quality indicators makes more sense than the theory of MORE……
As to the idea of exclusive (kuwaitis only) Vs inclusive systems, this has been well studied and the data is out there if people bothered to look for it.
Investing in proper training may be a more worth while investment at this stage of the game.
The police hospital is still in tender stage though
Jaber Hospital has actually opened and is receiving patients. I live in Salam (South Surra) and got transferred there from my local clinic for a dental appointment.