His Excellency the Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah, is to inaugurate the Saudi Health Exhibition and Conference-2013 on Sunday morning, organized by the Ministry of Health over the period from 12th to 14th May, 2013 (corresponding to 2ndto 4thRajab, 1434H) at Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center (RICEC). The conference aims at supporting the health sector, by means of specialists’participation in achieving the development goal, as well as providing the opportunity to communicate and recognize the products, services and solutions presented by the international companies; in an endeavor to promote the level of the health services provided to citizens.
The Deputy Minister of Health for Supply and Engineering Affairs, Dr. Salah bin Fahd al-Mazrou, has pointed out that a variety of specialized sessions and lectures are to be held at the conference, covering some of the recent prominent topics at the current global medical arena; namely: Heart Diseases Conference, the Annual Meeting for the Saudi Society of Medical Radiological Technologists (SSMRT), the Non-Communicable Diseases, Imaging and Diagnostics, the Medical Laboratories, the Biomedical Engineering and Nursing. Moreover, he indicated that the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS) has accredited 30 hours of continuing medical training for this Exhibition and Conference.He went on adding that the conference and the annexed exhibition are reckoned an opportunity to review the systems, infrastructure, facilities of the health care sector and the hospitals. The conference and exhibition will be attended by a wide range of visitors and exhibitors from all over the world; in order to facilitate the development of the joint business opportunities.
In addition, the Exhibition allows a direct access to the latest developments in the field of the medical industries worldwide; thus establishing strategic partnerships between the sector specialist at the local and international levels, as well as contributing to bridging the gap between consumers and manufacturers. It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Health (MOH) attaches a great attention to the exhibition which is expected to play a key role in supporting the continued development to the health care services in the Kingdom, and to help achieving the vision of the Kingdom’s readiness in terms of the medical services and hospital in the future.