State minister lays cornerstone for $400mln medical education project

AMMAN —  Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Public Sector Modernization, Nasser Al-Shraideh laid the cornerstone on Thursday for a $400 million health care and medical education project in the Ghamdan area southwest of the capital, according to the Jordan news agency, Petra. اضافة اعلان

Jordan had inked an agreement with the SJIF last year to implement an investment project in the health care sector. This project is the first health sector project by the Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund (SJIF), wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund.

The total area of the healthcare project buildings is estimated at more than 110,000 square meters, and the project is expected to provide many quality job opportunities in various medical and scientific specialties.

Upon completion, the project will comprise the Kingdom University for Medical Sciences with a capacity of 600 seats and the Kingdom University Hospital with a capacity of 330 beds.


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