IBRA: The health sector in the Governorate of Al Sharqiyah North has undergone major growth in line with the objectives of Oman Vision 2040.
The governorate’s outstanding health system has become a basic pillar of sustainable development by improving the quality of life for more than 320,000 people in the wilayats of Ibra, Al Mudhaibi, Bidiyah, Al Qabil, Wadi Bani Khalid, Dima W’attayeen and Sinaw.
The development of the health sector deals with the governorate’s extensive geographical area and the rapid growth in terms of population and urban expansion.
The health sector succeeded in three ways: Bringing the services closer to the population through the establishment of new hospitals and health centres, offering new specialised services that had not been available in the wilayats before and making health services a factor in the stability of groups operating in economic sectors like farming and tourism.
The health sector in the governorate recently made tangible progress in specialised services, including corneal transplants, shoulder joint replacement and eardrum repair. More than 100 surgeries were conducted for the treatment of morbid obesity. This cut down waiting lists and diminished the rate of referral to hospitals outside the governorate.The progress made in the health sector’s infrastructure development included the opening of Al Jarda Health Centre, the expansion of Wadi Bani Khalid Hospital, the completion of construction tasks at the health centres of Ibra and Al Mudhaibi and the start of technical works at the two centres’ medical wings. — ONA
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