CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, DEFENSE AND AVIATION MINISTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, TODAY PATRONIZED THE OPENING CEREMONY OF AL-RASS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NUMBER OF HEALTH PROJECTS IN QASSIM REGION. AT THE VENUE, CROWN PRINCE SULTAN WAS RECEIVED BY PRINCE FAISAL BIN BANDAR BIN ABDULAZIZ, GOVRNOR OF QASSIM REGION, OTHER PRINCES, MINISTERS AND SENIOR CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICIALS. THEN CROWN PRINCE SULTAN WAS BRIEFED ON A REPLICA OF THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL CLINICS. THEN HE LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF AL-NABHANIYA HOSPITAL FOLLOWED BY THE 15-BED DR. SULAIMAN AL-HABEEB PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN QASSIM WHICH WILL COST SR165 MILLION. ON HIS PART, DR. HAMAD AL-MANE'A , MINISTER OF HEALTH, SAID THE 200-BED AL-RASS HOSPTAL COSTS SR202,337,890, ADDING THAT BURAIDAH CENTRAL HOSPITAL WHICH ACCOMODATES 400 BEDS COSTS SR99 MILLION AND THE 200-BED PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION TREATMENT HOSPITAL IN BURAIDAH HAS COST SR96,298,681. HE SAID THE 50-BED AL-NABHANIAYA HOSPITAL COSTS SR20,793,559. THE EVENTS WERE ATTENDED BY A NUMBER OF PRINCES AND SENIOR CIVIL AND MILITARY OFFICIALS.
