A Russian billionaire is planning to build a high-tech hospital in the shape of a giant sailing boat.
Vasily Klyukin said the White Sails Hospital and Spa in Tunisia would be "the most pleasant hospital in the world".
He said he was inspired to build a hospital after undergoing health tests for an upcoming trip to space.
"I will fly into space next year. My health condition has to be checked every six months," Mr Klyukin, who made his fortune from co-founding Sovcombank, one of Russia's biggest banks, said.
"That is why I know this feeling very well, every time I'm approaching the white building of the clinic, I don't feel any joy.
"But I would like to show you the hospital, where there is no room for fear. And so that my son could ask about this hospital: 'Daddy, when will we visit the ship again?'"
The complex will be built in the Tunisia Economic City in Enfidha - which has a budget of €50bn. The hospital will be one of the first buildings constructed and contain cutting-edge medical equipment.
The hospital project is backed by Saudi Arabian firm Lalei Al Barakah Est and will be constructed by engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti.
Once a hospital always a hospital no matter how pleasant.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm I wld love to go on a bed rest in dt "ship" lol
ReplyDeleteHe should come and invest in naija na
ReplyDeleteIt's an amazing edifice, but nobody prays to be a patient there!
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Imagine this kinda wonder in Nigeria. Oh wait, dont imagine. our politicians are slime balls.
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