Saudi Arabia invests more than $36bln on healthcare in 2022

Saudi Arabia invests more than $36bln on healthcare in 2022

- Global health tech company, Proximie, brings virtually connected operating rooms to Kingdom, speeding physician knowledge transfer, surgical safety, and healthcare system cost reduction

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will spend more than US$ 36 billion on healthcare in 2022, with the expansion of digital healthcare innovation a key priority, according to the country’s ministry of health.

To support the Kingdom’s ongoing investment, Proximie, a global health tech company, is currently working with physicians and healthcare networks across the Gulf’s largest economy, sharing its vision for the future of healthcare.

London-headquartered Proximie provides a software platform that allows physicians to virtually “scrub in” to any operating room from anywhere, effectively enabling the world’s very best surgeons to be present in real time for complex surgeries in clinics and hospitals across the Kingdom, meaning that the tens of thousands of patients who undergo surgery each year in the country could benefit from international treatment best practices delivered via virtual operating room technology.

Proximie solutions, say doctors, save patients lives and hospital networks money, but they also enable physicians working inside the country to exchange best clinical practices with new surgical environments faster and easier than ever before. In fact, physicians