Wheelchairs
Delivering a distinguished, high-quality service to patients and visitors by providing modern wheelchairs that help them complete their hospital visit in complete comfort.
Target group:
All patients (the elderly, people with disabilities, and those unable to walk) whose condition requires the use of a wheelchair.
Location:
• King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (Riyadh – Madinah – Jeddah)
Financial scope:
SAR 300,000
Project rationale:
- Many patients and visitors to the hospital (the elderly, people with disabilities, and those unable to walk) need to use a wheelchair.
- Making it easy for patients to reach every part of the hospital.
- Sparing patients the difficulty of bringing their own wheelchairs with them.
- The existing wheelchairs are old, no longer fit for use, and too few in number.
Facts and figures:
• 100 wheelchairs were provided for Jeddah.
• (50) wheelchairs were provided for Madinah.
• (100) wheelchairs were provided for Riyadh.
• Work is under way to provide further wheelchairs.
• 2,568 beneficiaries, representing the average number of patients and visitors who need a wheelchair.