The Sulaiman Al Habib group and Siemens open the two wings of nuclear medicine and imaging

At HMG hospital in Khobar

Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group and Siemens Healthcare Ltd. celebrated the official opening of the Department of Nuclear Medicine and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Suite at the largest private health facility in the Eastern Province.

The CEO of Al Habib Medical Group, Nasser Al Haqbani, inaugurated the opening of the new departments, in the presence of the management teams of HMG and the “Siemens” Healthcare Company Ltd. in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The project, which was launched in March this year, aims to further develop oncology and radiology services in the region by installing the latest technologies in the field of diagnostic imaging to improve the experience of patients, improve precision medicine, and digitize healthcare.

He added: “We focused on the administrative system and the automation of the work, and today we have a company specializing in solutions and technology, because we have a system that connects all the services provided by technology . ” He continued, “We are proud of the Habib Life Care crisis management system with new technologies and a set of strategies that are in line with Vision 2030 to increase the private sector contribution from 25% to 35%, and today hui we have investments to increase the percentage to 60% through two projects in Al-Khobar and one in Riyadh in addition to existing projects currently. “

Siemens Healthcare Ltd. installed a PET-CT Biograph Vision with positron emission tomography (PET) scanning in the nuclear medicine department, based on digital technology installed for the first time in the region. This opens up completely new horizons in the field of resolution, in addition to the fact that the Department of Nuclear Medicine includes the well-known Symbia Intevo SPECT-CT2 system with the best image quality and the highest sensitivity of emission tomography. single-photonics, enabling industry to take services to the next level through the healthcare professionals of Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, and a faster transition to critical diagnosis and successful treatment strategy.

On the one hand, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) suite is equipped with the flagship system of Siemens Healthcare Ltd., the MAGNETOM Sola system, one of the new 1.5 Tesla MRI systems in the region, equipped of BioMatrixTM technology. ) Which automatically adapt to the body of each patient, providing an additional level of comfort when scanning.

The CEO of “Siemens Healthcare” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Michel Atallah, underlined the importance of this strategic project, which is seen as the cornerstone of building a partnership and a long-term strategy. with Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group as a pioneer of the healthcare sector in the Kingdom.

For its part, the senior management of Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group expressed its intention to rely on this step which would allow to raise the level of health services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and to contribute together to the realization of the vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030.

He added: “The Kingdom’s healthcare system is developing at a lightning speed, so new projects must be created equipped with the latest medical technologies and provided with the highest quality standards to contribute to the renaissance of healthcare in the kingdom.”

The company is focused on achieving its goal of providing support to the healthcare sector, not only by providing medical technology, but by providing training through an integrated technical team to help existing skills to use this technology.