Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense has issued his directives on the occasion of his visit to Madinah to increase the bed-capacity of Prince Sultan Hospital for the Armed Forces in Madinah from 87 to 187 beds. The Crown Prince directed the General Directorate of Military Works to start immediately the formulation of the necessary plans and the implementation of the project. The Official Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al-Malik said that the Crown Prince has issued his directives to the Directorate General of Medical Services of the Armed Forces to accelerate preparation for engineering plans for the establishment of a new dialysis center with 18 units, to be added to the current dialysis units at Prince Sultan Hospital in Madinah.