Development projects are rarely complete in Qunfudah, and if completed it is never with ease. This is something that the people of the coastal province would vouchsafe. They see a lot of infrastructure projects delayed or on hold for more than a decade, including the areas of health, education, electricity, sewage, roads and transportation. Residents stressed the importance that authorities realize this problem and contribute to upgrading of the governorate, which saw a mass exodus of the population in search of basic services in major cities, bearing financial losses and road hazards. Mohammed Al-Faqih saw that stalled development projects have become the most prominent feature of the Qunfudah over the last ten years, including sewage and accredited government hospitals, stressing remedial action and thorough investigation into the causes. "I do not know a compelling reason for these delays in the Qunfudah University project, which was a dream of the population to end the struggle of their sons and daughters and hardship traveling long-distances exposing them to many deadly highway accidents as they commute to big cities," said Al-Faqih. He pointed out that traveling and accommodation outside the province is common for Qunfudah residents either for education or treatment. Ahmed Al-Sharif said Qunfudah residents have yet to see the establishment of 500-bed King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Hospital for which necessary amount was allocated in the budget. Al-Sharif said the hospital would end the suffering of patients unable to find the needed medical services in the 15-bed Qunfudah General Hospital, functioning from a deteriorating 40-year old building. Mohammed Al-Maqadi sought answers for why the maternity and children's hospital with a capacity of 200 beds did not complete after nearly eight years, pointing out that most Qunfudah projects have failed to materialize without any convincing reasons, including the desalinated water tank which happened to take place several years ago and have not been completed, exacerbating the thirst of the people making them live under the mercy of water tankers. He criticized the very slow pace in implementing the replacement project of Qunfudah General Hospital, despite the allocation of SR63 million. The project, he said, was supposed to be completed about four months ago. Khalid Al-Zahrani attributed the situation of projects in Qunfudah to contracted companies that have been assigned by the ministries and government agencies. Their aim is to get the money only without regard to the suffering of the citizens who pay the price for the absence of regulatory bodies. Spokesman for Health Affairs in Qunfudah Ibrahim Al-Mathami explained that the Qunfudah General Hospital should have been ready in the beginning of the Hijri year, but the contractor requested to extend the implementation period for a full year from the end of the period specified.
