Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has hired 2,087 consultant physicians, with 1,364 recruited from abroad.
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The wave of appointments has been made to improve health services across the country’s hospital, confirmed undersecretary for hospital affairs, Dr Aqeel Al-Ghamdi, with 723 health experts hired locally.
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The rest of the specialists we brought to the kingdom from Australia, the UK Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Sweden and the USA, and will focus on areas including kidney transplants, bone surgery, neurosurgery, heart surgery, infectious diseases in children and newborns, diabetes, radiology and more.
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Meanwhile, undersecretary for healthcare Dr Abdul Aziz Al-Humaidi revealed some startling statistics at the opening of the fourth annual scientific nutrition education and health indicators programme in Riyadh on Wednesday.
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