Health Affairs has said that a new 300-bed mental hospital is to be built in the northern Makkah district of Al-Umrah. Khaled Dhafar, regional Health Affairs chief, said that work on the building would begin next year. The bed-shortage at Makkah hospitals in general was on the way to being resolved with the opening of King Abdullah Medical City and another new hospital in the Al-Shara'i District with 300 beds, the official said. “Al-Jumjoum Hospital and Ajyad Hospital will be completed next year as will renovation works at other older hospitals such as the King Abdul Aziz and King Faisal hospitals, bringing the number of beds up to 2,000,” Dhafar added.
