17/08/2017
The
privatization of the health sector will contribute to the opening of wider
fields for the private sector to creat more investments in various areas of the
health care system in order to increase the quality and efficiency of providing
free treatment for citizens, which is a strategic direction for countries, 20
million citizens across more than 200 hospitals and hundreds of government
health centers.
The report, published by the newspaper
"Economy" by the Eastern Chamber of the month of August that the
project to transform the health sector from activity depends on the expenditure
of the state and under its management to the activity of the private sector
will lead to the injection of more investment in infrastructure required by
this historic transformation in The sector, which has a capacity of 65,000
beds, will reach 115,000 by 2020 and will require 13,000 beds a year to meet
domestic demand for the service, which is expected to reach $ 100 billion by
the end of this year. .
The investment opportunities in the healthcare sector
are favorable in the coming period, particularly in X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound
and ventilators as well as surgical and anesthesia devices. The Kingdom plans
to spend $ 2.1 billion over the next six years on the infrastructure of these
devices, increasing its annual spending of $ 180 million to reach $ 250 million
by 2020
The report mentioned that the private health sector
currently includes 5 companies listed on the capital market with a total
capital of 3.66 billion riyals. The market value is estimated at 26 billion riyals.
The total profits of the private sector reached 967 million riyals at the end
of last year. On the other hand, the implementation of the privatization
project will result in the establishment of a holding company with between 20
and 30 subsidiary companies throughout the Kingdom, overseeing the management
and operation of 276 hospitals and 2300 health centers to be separated from the
Ministry of Health. , In order to continue the development of free health
services for citizens,
According to the report, insurance companies are the
biggest winners of the project. There will be huge progress in the amount
of the specialized policies to cover the health service of millions of citizens
and residents.
The report highlighted the government ambition to raise the
contribution of the private sector in the national economy from 25% to 35%
according to the requirements of Vision 2030 on the one hand and its commitment
to guarantee the free treatment of citizens as a strategic direction and
witness successive daily developments on the other. Health coverage includes 20
million citizens.
His Royal Highness Prince Muhammed bin Salman bin
Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense,
said: "The government is committed to guarantee free treatment for
citizens, but this time through the state's commitment to a medical insurance
policy that makes the citizen choose the hospital he wishes to create
competitive In hospitals for the sake of citizens and make corruption much less
at a time will improve health performance, He pointed that the countries that
are successful in the global health services, where the health sector is
dedicated, as all hospitals either private or non profit sector.
The report mentioned His Excellency Minister of
Health Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah as saying that the transition in the
health sector was based on a careful study of the successful international
experiences in the health sector and that it will be gradually achieved because
the transformation process requires a change in many policies, procedures and
regulations. This shift will lead to the development and maintenance of health
sector employees, pointing that this transformation will make a qualitative
leap in the quality and speed of free health service and focuses on enhancing
the health of citizens and preventing them from diseases. "
