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KINGDOM OF
SAUDI ARABIA
MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
JEDDAH
The King
Abdulaziz University Hospital affiliated with the King Abdulaziz
University College of Medicine and Health Sciences was
inaugurated by the Custodian of the two Holy mosques King Fahd
bin Abdulaziz bin Saud during his period as the Crown Prince in
the year 1396 H (1976 G).
Initially the King Abdulaziz University Hospital was operated
with a modest capacity of 36 beds. Over the following years the
number of beds were gradually increased to 291.
The transfer to the new healthcare facility within the King
Abdulaziz University Health Science Center complex was initiated
on the executive order of His Excellency the President of King
Abdulaziz University Dr. Ghazi Obaid Al-Madani in July 1996
(1416H).
The transfer of all the departments and the equipments was
completed by September 1996, and the Hospital was operational in
December, 1996.
The new King Abdulaziz University Hospital was inaugurated by
His Majesty the Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Saud on
Tuesday Sha’aban 7, 1417 (Deceber 17, 1996). The hospital was
operational with an initial capacity of 250 beds, increasing to
about 400 beds by the end of 2002.
The full operational capacity of the King Abdulaziz University
Hospital is 895 beds.
Aims
- Teaching : to provide
for students of medicine and health sciences the
opportunity of the practical training in the medical field
under supervision of members of the academic staff.
- Scientific Research: to provide research in the field of health sciences and
medicine with emphasis on the Kingdom’s particular needs.
- Health Care: to
provide
complete health care services and to improve health services
to the community
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