Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Interior Minister, opened and laid the foundations of a number of projects at the Riyadh-based Security Forces Hospital. He was received by the Minister of Health Dr. Hamad Bin Abdullah Al-Manea and a number of senior officials. In a key address, the Director General for Security Forces Program Dr. Abdulrahman Bin Muaamar reported that the hospital receives more than 3,000 patients daily who are visited by 700,000 relatives and friends annually and over 8,000 operations are performed at the hospital annually. He said that the strategic plan of the program includes the creation of seven hospitals each with 120-bed and nine health centers in different parts of the Kingdom. Prince Naif laid the foundations of a number of projects in the hospital including Prince Naif Center for Kidney diseases and blood dialysis, Heart diseases and surgery center, gynecology department, pediatrics, clinics, operation rooms, emergency department, in-patient suites, administrative offices and a giant parking lot. Addressing the gathering, Prince Naif said the comprehensive security concept has become a strategic goal for the government. In this context, the Ministry of Interior adopts the concept of providing all kinds of security for the country and citizen, which hardly divides social security from health security, he said. He added that Security Forces Hospital thus contributes to the overall health integral concept which will cover the entire parts of the country under direct instructions and follow-up of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General. The event was attended by a number of princes, ministers, directors of security sectors and senior civil and military officials.
