Bahrain's Arabian Gulf University (AGU) has signed multiple contracts to provide information technology systems and non-medical furniture for the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City, a Saudi-funded healthcare and academic project valued at about $267 million, coming up near Durrat Al Bahrain development.

The contracts cover the supply of an integrated information technology system and non-medical furnishings for the project's academic hospital, AGU said in a statement.

The medical city is being developed through a SAR1 billion grant from Saudi Arabia, provided via the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD). 

Located near Durrat Al Bahrain, the project is designed to support healthcare services, medical education, scientific research and clinical operations.

The IT infrastructure and furnishings are intended to improve the medical city's operational efficiency and support its long-term development, stated the University. 

The SFD said the project forms part of its efforts to support the health and education sectors through investments in infrastructure and institutional capacity. 

The partnership with AGU spans multiple phases of the medical city project, which aims to strengthen education, research and innovation in Bahrain, said senior officials at the signing ceremony held in the presence of Saudi Fund for Development CEO Sultan Al Murshed and Education Minister Dr Mohammed Mubarak Juma. 

The project aims to ensure the integrated operation of the Medical City, and raise its operational efficiency in line with the project's development goals, to enhance excellence in education, scientific research and innovation, to improve the quality of university education, and to enhance the university's position as a leading academic and research institution at the level of the GCC countries.-TradeArabia News Service