MUSCAT, DEC 3
One of Oman’s biggest tertiary hospitals is planned for implementation at Sultan Haitham City – part of a raft of healthcare initiatives that will augment the City’s status as an iconic integrated urban development.
Officially named ‘Seeb Tertiary Hospital’, the 750-bed hospital project is being overseen by the Ministry of Health. Bids for the Design Works / Services package, floated by the government, closed last month, with a significant number of local and international civil and engineering construction participating in the tender.
Seeb Tertiary Hospital is envisioned as a modern referral institution with end-to-end healthcare facilities encompassing a comprehensive range of disciplines.
The 750 beds will be distributed across a wide array of specialities comprising Medical (including Neurology, Cardiology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases), Surgical (General, Thoracic, Hepato-Biliary, and Transplantation), Head & Neck), ENT, Ophthalmology, Dental & OMFS, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Burns, Trauma Surgery, Rehab, General Critical Care, Coronary Care, and Psychiatry, among others.
A further 90-plus beds will be earmarked for the day care requirements of the Neuro, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dental, Plastic & Hand, Medical, Ortho and Radiology specialities.
Significantly, as many as 44 major and day-car Operation Theatres (OT) are planned within the hospital, catering to a variety of specialities. This is in addition to around 195 OPD rooms.
There will also be dedicated areas for a range of common facilities, including Clinical Physiology, Main Laboratory, Radio-Diagnostic Imaging & Radiology Department, Blood Bank, Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imagine Department, Oncology Services including Radiotherapy Services, Endoscopy / Bronchoscopy Suits Unit, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centers including Hydrotherapy Pool, Medical Stores, Central Stores, Medical Waste Management, Central Theatre Sterile Supply Department (CSSD), Catering, and Mortuary.
Additionally, the building design must incorporate environmentally friendly and sustainable design components to lessen the facility's environmental effect and offer a better indoor environment for patients and workers (LEED Certification for Health Care Buildings). The use of natural light must be prioritised throughout the institution to provide a healing and uplifting environment for patients and staff. Energy-efficient lighting design will also help promote healing and improves patients' sleep-wake cycles by using advanced lighting design approaches such as circadian lighting.
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