RIYADH — GE Healthcare has appointed Al-Jeel Medical & Trading Company (Al-Jeel), a leading healthcare solutions provider, as an authorized distributor for its Life Care Solutions portfolio of products in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

GE Healthcare’s Life Care Solutions (LCS) develops medical devices that help sustain life and support patient care in every setting throughout the hospital, from anesthesia delivery systems to ventilators and patient monitoring. LCS also offers a series of technologies for maternal and infant care, including infant warmers and incubators.

The agreement was signed by Abdulghani El-Ajou, Chairman of the El-Ajou Group, under which Al-Jeel Medical operates; and Jalil Juha, President & CEO of GE Healthcare Saudi Arabia, at Al-Jeel’s headquarters in Riyadh.

Commenting on the agreement, Abdulghani Marwan El-Ajou, Managing Director of Al-Jeel Medical & Trading Co, said: "Al-Jeel and GE have a shared vision of increasing access to high-quality care for patients, reducing recovery times and elevating patients’ quality of life, helping drive productivity in Saudi Arabia’s healthcare sector by transferring knowledge and providing transformational medical technologies that ultimately will help reduce the healthcare bill. Our partnership with GE will provide the Saudi healthcare sector with value proposition and integrated solutions that help address healthcare needs identified in line with the National Transformation Program (NTP). Al-Jeel is proud to contribute to the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.”