NMC to Open 70-Bed Multi-Specialty Hospital in Al Khan Sharjah

A new hospital to come up by the end of the year in the heart of the city

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 16 April 2019, (AETOSWire): NMC Healthcare has announced further expansion of their healthcare network in Sharjah. The company plans to open a multi-specialty hospital in the Al Khan neighborhood of Sharjah. This state-of-the-art hospital will provide specialized medical services to residents of the emirate of Sharjah and surrounding emirates. The hospital will start operations tentatively by the end of 2019. 

Operated by NMC Health Plc. (NMC) – region’s largest private sector healthcare provider, NMC is a group of worldwide healthcare network of 219 facilities and is the only London listed and FTSE 100 company from the region. This 70-bed hospital includes a total of 20 consultation rooms. The hospital’s Pre and Post-operative Rooms, Triage Center, Emergency Room, Labor and Delivery Suites, ICU, MRI, CT Scan, Laboratory and Pharmacy will be equipped to the highest clinical standards.  For the comfort of patients and families, the facility also has a large parking area with complimentary valet service.

The hospital houses centers of excellence and clinics such as obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics, orthopedics, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, urology, endocrinology, ENT, internal medicine, family medicine, dentistry, general surgery, etc providing people access to state-of-the-art clinical facilities and excellent healthcare from a team of reputed international medical professionals. 

Commenting on the upcoming hospital, Prasanth Manghat, CEO and Executive Director NMC Health Plc, said: “We are having a prominent presence in Sharjah, first with Al Zahra Hospital, the country’s foremost private sector hospital, and then with our network of over 15 medical centers. This new hospital would not only cater to the underserved community of 25000 families residing nearby but would also serve as a bridge between our medical centers and the tertiary care provider - Al Zahra at Sharjah, thereby completing the continuum of care.”

The new 70-bed hospital in the Al Khan neighborhood will further expand the presence of NMC in Sharjah and fill up the service gaps while increasing the accessibility to quality and affordable healthcare to the local community.