Administrators and physicians from Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital & Medical Center and the Al Khalidi Hospital & Medical Center in Jordan, are celebrating the grand opening of the privately run women's health center in the Middle East, according to the Daily News Chronicle.
The new facility will provide Jordanians and women from across the Middle East with women-centered medical care, including access to LHMC physicians' expertise.
The Women's Health Center offers a comprehensive array of imaging systems and diagnostics informatics solutions. It is also the only private hospital facility in the Middle East to offer tomography, which aids in prevention and early detection of breast cancers.
LHMC's executive health program has been offering patients from the Middle East care for nearly the last two decades. The hospital's clinical affiliation with Al Khalidi has previously expanded to include an outpatient diagnostics center, an education and training facility and now the Women's Health Center.
Through the clinical affiliation, patients at Al Khalidi can obtain second opinions by Lahey specialists on radiology tests with the potential to pursue further treatment at Lahey's facilities in the U.S. Women who seek care at Al Khalidi's Women's Health Center will now have the ability to receive a second opinion from Lahey physicians on their breast MRIs and other diagnostic testing.
"Al Khalidi has played a leading role in the health and well-being of its regional patients, and this new facility expands its capabilities in important areas," said Linda Moulton, CEO of executive and international health for LHMC, according to the report. "Our collaborative relationship with Al Khalidi strengthens both institutions and has the benefit of providing women extensive, expert care at the local level."