Muscat - Inbound medical tourism to the Gulf region is set to enjoy a huge surge in popularity with the planned International Medical City (IMC) development in Salalah.
The Apex Medical Group (AMG) has concluded the final stages of planning for the project with the recent completion of the infrastructure planning, and the developer said, in a press release, that it is keen to point out the myriad benefits associated with medical tourism investment within the region, which will result in a multispecialty tertiary care hospital and three medical centres of excellence for organ transplant, rehabilitation and diagnostics, operating right at the door step of all GCC residents.
Highlighting the demand for such a project in the region, Dr Abdulla al Joaib, president of AMG, said, "The trend towards medical tourism continues to gain in popularity with the number of people travelling abroad for medical treatments - especially from the Middle East - growing rapidly. The International Medical City in Salalah aspires to provide cost effective and reliable medical services right here in the region.
"The IMC project business model comprises integrated units and functions which support and complement each other. The first phase of the project - planned to be finished in 2016 - will witness the completion of the health-care complex which consists of a 250-bed multi-speciality tertiary care hospital which includes an organ transplant centre of excellence, diagnostic centre of excellence, and rehabilitation centre of excellence," he added.
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