On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, the Minister of Health laid here on Tuesday evening, the foundation stone for King Abdullah Center for Oncology and Liver Diseases at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. He also launched a new expansion of an accelerated nuclear department at the Hospital's Research Center and inaugurated the Hospital's electronic health services in its second version. Addressing the ceremony, Dr. Al-Rabeeah expressed his pleasure in laying the foundation for these projects, on behalf of the King, adding that these health projects at the hospital are meant for the service of patients. Under the King's patronage, he said the Kingdom's health sector witnessed the graduation of 568 students in various specialties in medicine and health. In a press statement, he stressed that there is an urgent need to establish tumor centers in the Kingdom, and that the Center for Oncology and Liver Diseases is one of several specialized centers of the Ministry's hospitals being established in implementation of the King's directives to establish five medical cities including oncology centers.
