WORKS MINISTRY AWARDS THE
CONSULTANCY SERVICES TENDER FOR MUHARRAQ LONG-STAY CARE CENTER PROJECT
The Assistant Undersecretary for Construction Projects & Maintenance
at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Eng. Mona
Al Motawa revealed that the Ministry has recently awarded the consultancy
services tender for the design and supervision of the Muharraq Long-Stay Care
Center Project, which belongs to the Ministry of Health and is funded by the
Gulf Development Programme with a total cost of BD544,000. The project has been
approved by both the Saudi Development Fund and the Tender Board.
Al Motawa explained that the project is included within the stage one
projects of the Gulf Development Programme, which is based on the agreement
signed between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in March
24, 2014 at the cost of $37 million; covering the costs of constructing the center,
constructing a central services building and all other facilities, external
works, consultancy services, furniture, medical equipment, electrical and
mechanical tools, non-medical and information system related requirements.
The medical complex will be constructed over 3 phases, the first of
which comprises of constructing a long-stay care center with the capacity to
accommodate 100 beds; providing care for patients in need of admission at the
care center for long periods. The center will also include a reception area for
emergency patients, wings
and rooms for brain paralysis patients, wings and rooms for patients with other
diseases, in addition to an isolation unit for patients with infectious
diseases, a lab, a pharmacy, x-ray rooms, sterilization units, a physiotherapy
unit, administrative support services and a central building for non-medical
services serving the medical complex.
Phase 2 of the project comprises of constructing
a maternity hospital with 110 beds, while phase 3 will include the construction
of a proposed center for patients with multiple sclerosis.
Al Motawa added that according to the time
programme planned for phase 1 of the project, designs and tender documents will
be completed in July 2016, while the tender is to be awarded before the end of
next year. Implementation is expected to take 20 months to complete.
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