Saudi Binladen Group said its unit has joined hands with RTKL, a leader in delivery of healthcare design, medical equipment and clinical IT planning, to set up a healthcare company in the Kingdom.

The new joint venture company, Care-RTKL, being set up by Healthcare Development Holding Company (HDH), will be based in Jeddah. It is aimed at enhancing the quality and infrastructure of healthcare services nationally and regionally.

Care-RTKL is the first regional company with the capacity to deliver a competitive full turnkey healthcare solution from concept to operation, said a senior official.

Dr Wael Kaawach, CEO of HDH, said establishing healthcare facilities is a rather complex process since every wall of a hospital has its own functionality, which affects the efficiency of the operation of the facility as well as the quality of the clinical services provided to the patients.

'Therefore, in order to develop our vision of enhancing the infrastructure of healthcare in the country and region, we recognize the need to localize the expertise that exists in this specific domain by partnering with a company which enjoys a strong track record, thus enabling Care-RTKL to provide state-of-the art integrated design and planning services to world-class hospitals.'

'The combined expertise of the joint venture is especially relevant as medical equipment and IT technologies become increasingly complicated and are converging at an accelerated rate. Hence, we are blessed to establish our partnership with RTKL,' he added.

Jeffery Davenport, CEO of Care-RTKL, expressed his enthusiasm for the newly formed company.

'We at RTKL are very excited about our joint venture with HDH, to which we bring more than 120 technical staff dedicated exclusively to medical equipment planning, procurement and IT design. In addition, we also have by far the largest team in the world focused on integrating these critical solutions to the healthcare community,' he observed.

'For more than six decades RTKL has upheld one clear mission above all else: to provide great design that improves the human condition. Today, it has evolved into a global design firm, opening offices worldwide and expanding its range of services.'

'The result is some of the world's most stunning and functional facilities that simultaneously uplift, inspire and evoke local and national pride, while meeting RTKL clients' multifaceted real estate goals,' Davenport stated.

“RTKL has all the components for hospital design and planning under one roof,  including feasibility analysis, master planning, architecture, interior design, engineering, medical equipment and IT planning, for hospitals and academic facilities,” he added.

According to him, Care-RTKL is already executing several large contracts to provide integrated healthcare solutions in the field of medical equipment and medical IT systems planning.

These contracts include a number of organizations in the Kingdom such as expansion of the healthcare and educational facilities of the National Guard, the King Saud College for Girls and others which are still under planning with the Ministry of Defense; the expansion of King Faisal Specialist Hospital; and various private sector projects.-TradeArabia News Service