Riyadh hosted the Global Health Exhibition from September 10-12, 2018 to bring together professionals from across the healthcare spectrum including medical manufacturers and distributors, physicians, hospital managers, and researchers. The event showcased the best healthcare has to offer within the Kingdom and across the globe. The exhibition featured 6 country pavilions, one of which was organized by the Embassy of Netherlands.
For almost 40 years, Netherlands and Saudi Arabia have been successfully exchanging missions for various aspects of the healthcare trade, including education. There are many students of health care sectors training and studying in the Netherlands and the student exchanges have been very successful.
The Netherlands pavilion showcased 12 companies and stakeholders from all aspects of the health industry. Among them were globally-renowned Dutch information analytics company Elsevier which provides many Saudi health care services access to vital information on Clinical Key, and distinguished company Phillips which is significantly involved with the Saudi government on strategic consultation and medical equipment services. The pavilion also featured medical equipment provider Timpel, leading Dutch medical travel company International Patient Center, and health care sector collaborator Task Force Health Care. The Dutch mission also showcased revolutionary medical research developments from the University of Groningen.
