Sixty foreign companies have applied to invest in hospital projects in Iran and agreements with two Korean companies and an Italian company have been finalized, said Ebrahim Raeesiyuon, economic advisor to the health minister. “According to the MoUs, South Korea’s Samsung company will build a 1000-bed hospital in Tehran. Also Pesina company of Italy will construct three 500-bed hospitals, one each in Tehran, Rasht (Gilan Province) and Nishabur (Khorasan Razavi Province),” IRNA quoted him as saying.
