Bahrains Labour Fund Tamkeen announced its support for the upcoming King Hamad American Mission Hospital (King Hamad amh), located in A’Ali through which around 200 Bahrainis will be employed in healthcare fields. 

 

Tamkeen's support will further the upskilling opportunities for Bahrainis, and create high-value, sustainable jobs.The announcement comes as part of Tamkeen’s strategy to support all sectors, while incentivising high-potential sectors, which includes specialised healthcare, in line with national priorities and the economic recovery plan.

 

The Hospital will continue to offer unique collaboration opportunities with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the Children’s hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), which will help create an innovative healthcare hub.

 

King Hamad AMH is also collaborating with Mayo Clinic in the United States, one of the top hospitals in the world, for establishing a Mayo network center in the region that will promote healthcare of the highest level and health tourism in Bahrain. Quality, patient experience, research and training will be at the core of this collaboration.

 

The Kingdom of Bahrain has the oldest hospitals in the region with the first hospital, the American Mission Hospital, established in 1903. King Hamad American Mission Hospital, the hospital’s fifth location in Bahrain, will also be the first eco-friendly, solar-run hospital in Bahrain with a world class IT infrastructure that will future-proof the building, making it a smart hospital.

 

In addition, it will include a medical innovation hub through which local surgeons will be trained by a highly skilled medical team in the use of specific technologies in healthcare. Other facilities include single-roomed intensive care units, a fertility center, a 270-seat auditorium for training and lectures, and a special needs children’s development assessment and treatment center.

 

The private healthcare sector employs 2 per cent of the total workforce and contributes 1.5 per cent towards the Kingdom’s GDP. The expansion of healthcare facilities and new private healthcare clinics are in response to the growing population and rising need for specialised healthcare. In addition, the future of healthcare delivery is fundamentally evolving to become patient-centric, virtual, driven by data and analytics, and enabled by new medical technologies.

 

Khalid Al Bayat, Business Development Executive Director at the Labour Fund Tamkeen, said: “Our support for the King Hamad American Mission Hospital comes as part of our strategic direction to support all sectors while incentivising high-potential sectors, which includes the rapidly evolving medical industry. This project will create hundreds of high-quality jobs for talented Bahrainis within the medical field and will position Bahrain as a hub that provides strong value-added and innovative medical services.”

 

Dr George Cheriyan ,AMH Corporate CEO and Chief Medical Officer expressed his gratitude towards Tamkeen’s support saying: “this new innovative project will further optimise the medical services provided to the Bahraini community, as well as boost Bahrain’s attractiveness as a medical tourism hub. We have seen our hospital grow from a small clinic in Manama Souq in 1895, becoming the first hospital in the region in 1902. We will continue to develop our offerings and services with this pioneering spirit in mind. We are delighted to work with all key partners within Team Bahrain to achieve this milestone project and are looking forward to continuing to work towards advancing the strategic objectives of the economic recovery plan.” –TradeArabia News Service