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King Khaled Hospital-Al-Majmaah: 2,043 Surgeries Last Year
20 November 2017
King Khalid Hospital-Al-Majmaah served 186,566 outpatients and inpatients over the past year (1438H.). According to Riyadh Health Affairs, the hospital received 131,914 cases at emergency departments, in addition to 54,652 at outpatient clinics, and performed 2,043 surgeries, 1,185,278 lab tests, 27,552 x-rays, and 5,425 dialysis sessions.

It is worth mentioning that King Khalid Hospital-Al-Majmaah provides primary and specialized services in a number of diagnostic specialties, including surgery and internal medicine departments (adults and pediatrics), adult ICU, operating rooms, anesthesiology, emergency, diagnostic radiation, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, respiratory, clinical laboratory, home care, dialysis, psychotherapy, and other services. Also, the hospital features 8 primary healthcare centers. 
On the other hand, through a qualitative shift to reach all segments of target audience, MOH has recently launched the first-of-its-kind maternity and children clinic in trade complexes - namely in Hayat Mall, Riyadh. This initiative is designed to activate community's engagement and collaboration with MOH, to make services available in public places, in addition to providing consultations and awareness-raising activities to outpatients.

The new clinic features triage checkups, early screening of diseases including breast cancer, colon cancer, osteoporosis and hypertension. The clinic also conducts clinical tests, refers cases for further follow-up to reference bodies, boosts having healthy and balanced food, motivates breastfeeding, raises women's awareness, provides consultations, ensures natural child growth, refers children to concerned bodies if needed, stresses the importance of balanced food for children based on their age groups, in addition to educating visitors on the vital role of exercising and health enhancement.





 

 



Last Update : 22 November 2017 03:23 PM
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