The high quality of health care in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the country's major achievements in recent years. Siemens – with its longstanding presence, professional market organization and extensive range of products and services – is proud to have contributed substantially to this success. As a leading supplier of medical equipment worldwide, Siemens offers more than 7,000 devices and systems for diagnostics and treatment. Our innovations make us a pacesetter in the health-care industry. In Saudi Arabia, we utilize the worldwide resources of Siemens' medical engineering activities. As a local partner, we provide customer support, engineering and project management. We combine Siemens’ worldwide resources with our local expertise to develop optimal solutions for our customers at various state institutions – including the Ministries of Health, Defense, and Education – as well as the National Guard, universities and research centers, and the thriving private sector. Our excellence as a service provider is well known in the Kingdom. We are a competent partner today and envisage further strengthening our position tomorrow. Exploiting the latest IT innovations, Siemens Remote Services uses a communications link to local or overseas service centers to access a variety of information required to provide diagnostics, treatment and complete health-care solutions. This feature not only decreases response time, but also increases equipment uptime and reduces service costs. Our high-tech solutions support health-care professionals in their efforts to provide the most precise diagnoses and appropriate therapies possible. This approach benefits patients as well as reduces health-care costs. The next challenge in the health-care industry is the integration of digital picture archiving systems into departmental and hospital information and management networks. Where the requisite infrastructure exists, telemedicine is expected to be a growing field. Siemens has gathered extensive expertise in this field from many projects worldwide. With several successful installations already in place, we can harness this know-how in Saudi Arabia.