Healthcare Magazine June 2018 | Page 64

Keen to take on a new challenge , Shah joined Fakeeh Care in 2015 . Set to enter the Dubai healthcare and medical education market , Fakeeh Care has become a highly regarded pioneering brand providing primary , secondary , urgent and tertiary healthcare provision and services , preventative care , and medical academia and training for local communities in Saudi Arabia .

Operating successfully for four decades and becoming the first private hospital in the western region to become JCIA accredited , Fakeeh Care runs one of the largest hospitals in the Kingdom and is presently building a number of primary care centres around Jeddah and Mecca to deliver a complete integrated and holistic care approach .

“ The London Clinic had a special reputation for being a high-end , acute , tertiary care organisation , where we received patients from all over the world . But it was just one line of business . At Fakeeh Care , there are a multitude of related healthcare businesses and that completely fascinated me ,” Shah reflects . “ If you take the hub-and-spoke model , we have a number of primary healthcare sites going up in Jeddah and a new outpatient hospital that will be delivered in quarter two . Additionally , we are developing primary care centres in Mecca and a smart hospital in Dubai ,” he adds .

“ We ’ re very excited with our Dubai project , which will be the smartest hospital in the region and have the ability of not only utilising our software , but also having the whole arena linked in a way that enables better efficiency and many centres of excellence providing superior outcomes for patients . It ’ s a very important project for us .”

Attracting a large number of expatriates , Saudi Arabia has seen an exponential population boom . From 4.1mn citizens in 1960 , according to DataBank , the country now houses over 32mn , leading to an increased demand for new public health services .

Although the NTP has responded by investing in healthcare training and development to address this growing need , Fakeeh Care has taken this a step further . Since 2003 ,

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