Magrabi Hospitals and Centers

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Magrabi Hospitals & Centers, founded in 1955,^[1] started as an eye hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was the first private specialized facility in the Middle East and Africa. It became the largest and first sub-specialized medical care network in the region, providing eye care to more than 1,000,000 patients and performing more than 100,000 sight-preserving surgeries annually.^[2]

In the late 1970s, Magrabi decided to expand their services by acquiring ENT and Dentistry practices.^[3]

In 1997, Magrabi Hospitals & Centers went into partnership with AMI Saudi Arabia Limited.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with Magrabi Hospitals & Centers to expand private eye care in MENA region, to address the need for ophthalmology services, and to bring clinical and patient care to underdeveloped markets in the region.^{[citation needed]}

Magrabi Hospitals & Centers operates in nine countries in the Middle East & Africa. It has 32 hospitals and centers, 8 of which are charitable, 300 physicians and 600 nurses. The facilities host 40 operating theaters.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of hospitals in Saudi Arabia

References

External links

• Official website
• "Investing in Private Healthcare in Emerging Markets" (Washington: International Finance Corporation, 2009), p. 3, at http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/ddf88a004970c1c7a06ff2336b93d75f/Health%2BBrochure%2B09.pdf?MOD=AJPERES .
• "Magrabi Optical emerges as one of top international optical retailers," Arab News online, Dec. 2, 2014, at http://www.arabnews.com/news/668396 .
• Biomed Middle East website, at https://archive.today/20150409022255/http://biomed.isethealthcare.com/country-profiles/saudi-arabia/hospitals/magrabi-hospital .
• "Magrabi opens state-of-art eye hospital in DHCC," Middle East Monitor online, at http://www.middleeasthealthmag.com/may2009/meupdate.htm .
• Jeddah Municipality website, at https://www.jeddah.gov.sa/english/Directories/SubCategories/Details/index.php?StartRow=20&MainID=3&SubID=6^{[permanent dead link]} .
• Eurohealth Systems website, at http://eurohealthsystems.com/?post_type=projects&p=287 .