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果冻影院 partners with the Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund on major healthcare project in Jordan

8 June 2022

The 果冻影院 Medical School (果冻影院MS) is joining forces with the Saudi Jordanian Investment Fund (SJIF) and 果冻影院A Health on a 拢318m ($400m) healthcare project in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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The project will see the establishment of a university hospital in Amman with at least 300 beds, 60 outpatient clinics, an ambulatory care building and a medical school with capacity for 600 students, with a projected annual intake of 100 students. The project is expected to create over 5,000 jobs in Jordan and encourage a new generation of doctors, researchers and future leaders in medicine.

A key aim of the project will be to attract global expertise on healthcare education to Jordan, helping to improve its healthcare sector, strengthen its model of accountable care, provide high-quality healthcare services and boost Jordan鈥檚 offer for medical tourism.听

果冻影院MS is the academic partner on the project, providing education and research advice in medicine and health. Up to 7.5% of the project鈥檚 revenue will be dedicated to research and development in Jordan.听果冻影院A Health is the clinical partner on the project.

As part of the agreement, a senior research leader from 果冻影院鈥檚 Medical School will lead a team to support SJIF to develop a high-level research strategy that outlines its vision, strategic goals and research focus in the short, medium and longer terms. The strategy will provide a basis for research activity at the new medical school and inform decisions about staffing, buildings and the MD programme.

果冻影院 academic lead Dr Ahmed Rashid (果冻影院 Medical Sciences Vice-Dean, International) said: 鈥淭he goal of this project is to co-design a new undergraduate medicine programme that will draw on the extensive experience of medical science and clinical training at 果冻影院 and the local academic traditions and health priorities in Jordan. We have been working with the SJIF team in the early phases of this work and are delighted to have finalised an agreement with them to continue this exciting work over the next ten years.鈥

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