Hammes Company to help with goal to bring more than 30 new medical facilities to Middle East
BROOKFIELD, Wis., Dec. 11, 2008 – Safe Hands Health System Holding Company (SHHS) has announced a master plan to develop and operate more than 30 medical facilities in the Middle East and has hired healthcare facility leaders, Hammes Company, to help achieve those goals. Hammes Company has been chosen by the Bahraini holding company to assist with project implementation and design of the facilities using their experience in construction, architectural solutions, strategy and planning.
“We selected Hammes Company for their expertise in healthcare planning and development,” says Abdul Wahab A. Al Mutawa, Chairman & Managing Director, Safe Hands Health System Holding Company. “They have worked with many forward-thinking healthcare systems in the United States and will be invaluable as our facility development advisor for the facilities we are developing in the Gulf Cooperation Council States.”
Targeting population centers with a minimum of 80,000 people, SHHS will work with Hammes Company to develop different prototypes for facilities ranging in size from 95,000 to 125,000 square feet. The facilities will be built on greenfield sites in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. Planned services will vary by location, but most will include surgery centers, an emergency department, maternity care, pharmacy and full diagnostics including CT and MR. All facilities will be accredited by the Joint Commission International. The initial four facilities are scheduled to be completed by Jan. 1, 2012.
Jon Hammes, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hammes Company is a majority shareholder in Health Inventures (HI), the Boulder, Colo.-based company that will be a partner of the management company operating the facilities for SHHS. Health Inventures has 25 years of experience in the development and management of outpatient surgical facilities, imaging facilities, and specialty hospitals. The company currently manages more than 40 facilities across the United States.
“We are very excited to be working with SHHS on these medical facilities that will bring a new level of healthcare to the people in the GCC,” says Rich Galling, President and COO, Hammes Company. “We’ve assembled a significant team of professionals to work on this project including professionals from Health Inventures. Together we will help SHHS realize their goals of developing a new progressive GCC healthcare system.”
About Safe Hands Health System Holding Company (SHHS)
Safe Hands Health System Holding Company is a Bahraini holding company that will make diversified and geographically dispersed investments in the healthcare sector. The company is launching a GCC-wide multi-unit healthcare provider network to be realized through greenfield developments of branded and internationally accredited healthcare facilities as well as through strategic acquisitions. The provider network will offer a full range of primary care services as well as secondary care clinical programs. SHHS has incorporated Safe Hands Management Company which will oversee the company’s operations. SHHS can be located on the Web at
www.safehandshealthsystem.com.