Saudi cabinet approves medical city for Madinah
RIYADH, January 14, 2021 The Saudi cabinet, chaired by King Salman, has given the go-ahead for the transformation of Madinah Hospitals Complex into a medical city. The complex comprises the General Hospital, that has a capacity of 500 beds, the Obstetrics, Gynecology and Children s Hospital (with 500 beds) and the Al Amal Complex for Mental Health with a capacity of 246 beds. The Al Madinah Obstetrics, Gynecology and Children s Hospital had recently secured full institutional accreditation from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties for a period of four years. The Al Amal Complex for Mental Health at Madinah has buildings for emergency, ICU, outpatient clinics, and supportive services of pharmacies, radiology departments, laboratories, as well as ancillary buildings.
RIYADH: Scholars of Islam and the Middle East the world over have long craved a glimpse of the rich collections of artifacts and manuscripts held in Saudi Arabia’s libraries and museums. So, when Saudi authorities launched its e-visa system in September 2019, academics leaped at the opportunity to visit the country.
Among them was Sajjad Rizvi, an associate professor of Islamic intellectual history and Islamic studies at the UK’s University of Exeter, who traveled to Saudi Arabia in December 2019 on the e-visa to conduct scholarly interviews in Riyadh, Madinah and Eastern Province.
“Organizing the e-visa was amazingly easy and entering and travelling around was very easy as well,” Rizvi told Arab News.
Mulfari sees decision to make the Kingdom headquarters for companies with government contracts a good move
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Mohammed Qenan
April 12, 2021 23:45
RIYADH: An Italian investor who was born and raised in Jeddah said the past four years of reforms in the Kingdom were equal to the progress he had witnessed in the previous 30 years of his life in Saudi Arabia, describing the transformation as “incredible, in a positive way.”
Although his original hometown of Messina, Italy, has been described as the “heaven of Europe,” Corrado Mulfari found himself becoming more attached to the Saudi coastal city.
“Since I was brought up in Saudi Arabia, I made local friends here in Jeddah, and we built a good connection that lasted forever,” he told Arab News.
Philosophers from outside the Arab world contributed to the first issue, specifically from Germany and the US
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April 13, 2021 23:11
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s first philosophy journal has been issued, with its editor-in-chief saying that the country was witnessing a “tangible philosophical renaissance.”
The Saudi Journal of Philosophical Studies (SJPS) was launched by the cultural platform Mana, which was set up two years ago.
According to its editor in chief, Sarah Al-Rajhi, the principal aim of the journal was to help researchers in the Kingdom, the Arab world and the West to publish their work without any financial cost and in line with accurate scientific standards.
Abu Dhabi: The Taif Health Compliance Department has arrested an unlicensed doctor working in a private medical facility and remanded her in custody pending trial, local media reported.
The authorities also found the doctor was not under the sponsorship of the owner of the facility, nor does she carry a professional classification from the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.
spokesman for Taif Health Department, Siraj Al Humaidan, said the administration took a decision to suspend the doctor from work immediately and refer the case to the Public Prosecution and the Committee for Violations of Private Health Institutions.
The Saudi prosecution has warned practices prohibited in the system of health professions are punishable by imprisonment for up to six months, and a fine of up to SR100,000, or one of these two penalties.