The Ministry of Health laid the foundation stone of a world-class Central Public Health Laboratory compound at a cost of OMR18.2 million on Tuesday. Spread over an area of 18,155 sqm, the laboratory will be located in the Wilayat of Seeb, Governorate of Muscat. Dr. Hilal Ali Al Sabti, Minister of Health, the chief guest affirmed that the Central Public Health Laboratory is one of the vital national security pillars, accorded attention by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.