Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Brief Profile:  The government of Saudi Arabia gives the health sector high priority in order to provide all Saudi citizens with free, high standard health care. The principal objective of the Ministry of Health (MOH) is to provide a whole range of health services (preventive, curative, educational and rehabilitative) to the entire population. This is achieved through a network of hospitals and primary healthcare centers which are distributed throughout the country. Standard design hospitals of 150, 250, and 350 beds are located in population centres, supplemented by 20-50 bed clinics in towns and villages, based on the number of people to be served. Special mobile clinics service rural areas and are used to provide additional support to the cities of Mecca and Medina during the Hajj period.