In 1991 it grew into Balikh Medical Business Ltd. Since its
establishment and it was considered as one of the leading companies in the
field of health care in Saudi Arabia.
Engineer/Sami Ali Halawani became chairman and chief executive of Balikh
Medical Business in 1991 and is now one of the founders and partners of the
company. Eng. Sami graduated from the faculty of civil engineering from
Marquette University in the USA, in 1972.He previously worked at one of the
governmental departments and has many contacts in various fields and in many of
the foreign embassies in Saudi Arabia.
Balikh Medical Business specializes in the retail and whole sale of medical and
surgical equipment. As we represent some American and European companies that
provide the best services to hospitals including The Ministry of Health
hospitals, Ministry of defense, and Ministry of internal affairs. We also deal
with some specialized hospitals such as The National Guard Hospital and King
Faisal Hospital and several private hospitals.
Balikh represents many of the most renowned companies in the medical field all
over Europe. We are holding the exclusive distributorship rights in Saudi
Arabia for companies like Jobskin (UK) , Medi(Germany) , RZ-Medizintechnik
(Germany), Pofam(Poland) and many more.
Those companies manufacture medical and surgical equipment in Ear, Nose and
Throat (ENT) and Ophthalmic surgery, medical equipment in many medical
specialties such as surgical telescopes and needles. We also import hospital
and clinic furniture and hospital needs from diagnostic equipments to metal
containers for operating rooms and many other products.
Our company was the first to introduce burn and lymphodema garments to Saudi
hospitals also we offer special garments for SDO patients and elderly patients.
Balikh’s staff is very experienced n their fields and the company insure
to train the sales team so as to have knowledge of all our products. To ensure
so, we arrange for our staff and selected doctors to travel abroad in order to
receive medical training directly from certified manufacturers This qualifies
them to aid the patients in all their needs and provide guided advice
concerning the products.
By the same token, we arrange many training courses for both Jobskin and Medi,
in various Saudi hospitals in Jeddah and Riyadh and the whole eastern region.
And previously we held the training courses in Dubai.