Shifa Al Jazeera medical group, which seeks to make healthcare accessible to common man, plans to charge a nominal fee of OMR1 for consultation.
Shifa Al Jazeera medical group, which seeks to make healthcare accessible to common man, plans to charge a nominal fee of OMR1 for consultation when the hospital opens its door for patients this October, subject to approval from the Sultanate’s Ministry of Health.
This is against the normal average consultation fee of other hospitals ranging anywhere between OMR3 and OMR5.
Addressing the media to announce the opening of two hospitals and one polyclinic, Dr. K T Rabeeullah, chairman and managing director of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group, said the offer, if approved by the government, will be available for all specialties at Shifa Al Jazeera Access Hospital in Ruwi.
“We are not anticipating profit from our Ruwi hospital in the first year. If we can achieve break-even in the first year, we will continue the offer,” he added.
Dr. Rabeeullah said his group has to get permission from the government authorities for fixing consultation fees. He also noted that there would be resistance from existing hospital chains for the new offer.
He said his hospital chain will try to avoid all unwanted tests and will try to make available medicines at affordable cost. All these will benefit the common people in Oman.
Source: TimesOfOman