Hospitals are in good health

Developments in healthcare services and the growing need for additional beds are encouraging hospitals to expand. Hospitals are allocating sizeable budgets to build new premises, comply with international standards, and integrate the latest developments in medical equipment. They are also creating centers of excellence that focus on specific medical areas to facilitate treatment processes.

IMPROVING QUALITY AND EXPANDING

Hospitals are creating plans to expand their premises in order to increase their number of beds, and are renovating old buildings to improve the quality of their healthcare services. University hospitals that have their own faculties for health sciences, including medical, nursing, and medicine, are setting long term visions for expansion. “There is still a large need for hospital beds in university hospitals. Most of the time there are patients on the waiting list,” said , Chief Operations Officer at Hôtel- Dieu de France (HDF). The average occupancy rate in hospitals is 90 percent, according to , Chairman of the Syndicate of Private Hospitals. “Hospitals are sometimes unable to accept all the patients due to the shortage in the number of beds,” Haroun said. There is also a large shortage in the number of intensive care units, where there, CEO of LAU Medical Center – Rizk Hospital (LAUMCRH). University hospitals also have responsibilities towards their medical faculties, because residents have to be well trained to obtain the experience they require.