The Health Ministry has signed a deal to establish eight new diabetic centers costing SR 42 million in various towns across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia next year, Arab News reported today. It quoted an announcement of the Ministry as saying that Deputy Minister of Health for Executive Affairs Mansour Al-Hawasi signed the deal with Al-Majal Arabian Group, which will overlook the establishment of the centers. "The deal to construct diabetic centers in our country is aimed at providing health services in all villages and towns in the Kingdom, " said Al-Hawasi, adding that the ministry has continued to develop health services in rural areas. "We aim to provide total health care to all citizens and expatriates in our country," he added. The diabetic centers will be built at King Khaled Hospital in Hafr Al-Batin; King Abdullah Hospital in Bisha; King Khaled Hospital in Najran; King Fahd Hospital in Baha; King Faisal Hospital in Qurayat; Prince Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudairi Hospital in Jouf; Arar Central Hospital as well as Qunfuda Central Hospital.