AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated seven new hospitals across Iran, a sign investment has kept flowing into the country’s health sector despite financial costs imposed on the government because of the spread of the coronavirus.
According to Press TV, the president used a video conference call on Thursday to order the opening of the hospitals in various cities, including two in the capital Tehran.
The hospitals would add a total of 1,400 new beds to Iran’s current bed capacity of less than 141,000.
Rouhani said his administrative government would finish another 10,000 hospital beds until it leaves office in August 2021.
“Given that 1,000-1,400 beds have routinely been inaugurated in the country each year, this figure is a very good one for the current year and despite the economic pressures,” said the president.
The hospitals were part of a total 26 healthcare projects opened on Thursday. Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said the projects had cost 9.89 trillion rials (nearly $40 million) and would create 3,929 permanent jobs.
Iran has gone to great lengths to tap into its domestic health resources to fight one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus in the world.
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19 September 2020 - 04:14
News ID: 1071644
President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated seven new hospitals across Iran, a sign investment has kept flowing into the country’s health sector despite financial costs imposed on the government because of the spread of the coronavirus.
