The health services started in Asir region in the era of the late - King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud - may God have mercy on him - and specifically in 1356 AH within the public services and the different regions of the Kingdom.
The clinic was opened in Abha by a small group of workers, consisting of a doctor, a nurse and a servant in a mud house. The dispensary was then provided with a pharmacist assistant and two servants in the opening period. The clinic follows the director of health in Makkah.
Since the beginning of the sixties, health services in the region have been growing. The Abha Clinic has provided a group of technicians, a general practitioner and a dentist, and a group of users and health students to serve the Abha, Jizan and Najran areas.
When this health service started with a general doctor, he provided the preventive and curative health service to the parents to treat them from diseases and give them the necessary vaccinations against smallpox, cholera and typhoid. He was appointed the first director of health in the region in 1362H to supervise health work in Asir region.
In the beginning of the seventies and specifically in 1371 e was the first Ministry of Health has been appointed by His Royal Highness Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and was an effective start to develop and expand health services throughout the Kingdom, including the southern region.
The first hospital in Abha was opened on Friday, 1372/8/24, with about thirty beds opening officially and opened several auxiliary sections and warehouses for furniture and machinery for distribution to health facilities in the region in Jazan, Najran, Qunfazah, Dhahran South and others. On 1373/8/15 AH, preventive services developed from vaccinations and control of communicable diseases. The director of public health in the region was granted powers, including the signing of certificates of birth and death by the Abha Health Director, and the appointment and training of a group of students from the region in Jeddah The Division Laria, and issued circulars for insect control.
In the beginning of 1374 AH, the area became a representative of the region (representative of Asir region). It was followed by the health of Jazan, Najran, Bisha and its dependencies. As a result of the need and progress in the construction, .
The construction of the Abha General Hospital began in 1374 AH and was opened in early 1378 AH with a capacity of 50 beds. The number of beds increased to 60 beds. When the late King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud visited the area in 1378 AH, he expanded it and built a 80- And received in the late eighties and took this hospital in the development and increase its sections until the number of beds in the middle of the fourth five-year plan (350) beds to move health services to a new stage, under the guidance of our government.
In the beginning of the eighties, there has been tangible progress in all aspects of life, and the development of equipment and means of transport. In addition, And the opening of several roads linking the parts of the region together, and linked Tuhama in the Ministry through Mahayel to lead the health service better, faster and regular, both in terms of therapeutic or preventive, and to progress in medicine worldwide, and the State's concern for the welfare of the citizen and the provision of services, Health or otherwise Advanced selected categories of most Arab and Islamic countries opened schools for education and training, and numerous foreign missions to participate effectively in the service of the individual, and the development level, and spread the media to develop and educate citizens in various aspects of life, whether religious ones, or social or cultural (health and education) and others.
As a result, the health service has steadily increased and expanded in the 1990s and over the ten years of the years 1381 to 1390H. The number of hospitals in the region, clinics, car units, health points, manpower, expenses, medicines, machinery, furniture and equipment increased.
Government buildings were established in Abha, the modern and well-equipped chest and psoriasis hospital, as well as in the old mud houses. The Qunfudah, Jazan and its dependents were separated from the health facilities to follow the health of Jeddah, Najran Hospital and its dependents. ) and dependencies the following boundaries:
from the north of Bisha and its environs in Sarat and sat Shomran in Tehama, and from the east triangulation and east of the country Qahtan and from the south Thahran south and its aftermath in Sarat and visible Qahtan and two months and Asir in the realms of Tehama, and the West Tihama Asir and unaligned limits Qunfudah and Saturday Shomran.
And in the interest of our good government on the progress of the country and the comfort of the citizen and after the preparation of extensive studies and the proper planning and in the long term, the state decided to have five-year plans began the first five-year plan of 1390-1395, and thank God succeeded and included the progress of our beloved Kingdom, Asir region has received a large share of developmental projects from an increase in the budget and the number of beds and equipment to meet the pressure on these hospitals. As for the budget, the rate of development was more than 500%. The budget of health services in the first five-year plan was SR 5,570,000, While reaching In the fiscal year 1431-1432h (1.866.291.000) SR.
In the field of hospitals, the number of hospitals in 1390 H (3) hospitals, and now (27) hospital (2880) beds, and the health centers were numbered in 1390 (59) clinics, now become (301) health centers, and progress and development Among the most important strategies of our beloved country, and our country is always keen to develop health services.
Six new hospitals are currently under construction with a total capacity of 1200 beds, Abha Hospital for women and obstetrics with 200 beds, one hospital with a capacity of 100 beds, a maternity hospital in Khamis Mushait with 200 beds, (200 beds), Sabet Al Olaya Hospital (100 beds) and 120 new health centers instead of rented buildings.
A number of health projects have been initiated in the region, including the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Faisal Medical City, with a capacity of 1350 beds. A number of hospitals will be established soon, including Abha General Hospital with a capacity of 300 beds. With a capacity of 300 beds, Al Bashair Hospital with a capacity of 50 beds and the establishment and processing of a regional laboratory in the Asir region
