King Fahd Medical City
King Fahad Medical City (Arabic مدينة الملك فهد الطبية) also popularly abbreviated as KFMC. KFMC consists of four hospitals making up a total of 1,095 beds. Main hospitals, maternity hospital, pediatric hospital, rehabilitation center. In addition to the hospitals there are primary care clinics, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Centers which is Prince Salman Heart Center, Neuroscience Center, Prince Sultan Hematology &Oncology Center and Specialized Diabetes & Endocrine Center.
The opening of KFMC coincided with the 23rd anniversary of late Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Fahad’s accession to the throne. King Fahad donated SR53.98 million last year to purchase medical equipment required by the complex.
With four hospitals, KFMC is the largest medical facility in Saudi Arabia built at a cost of SR2.3 billion. KFMC’s yearly operating budget is estimated at SR300 million for medical and non-medical maintenance and catering contracts.
According to Minister of Health Dr. Hamad ibn Abdullah Al-Manie in his inaugural address, it is expected to treat more than 50,000 in-house patients and more than 600,000 outpatients annually.
Read more about King Fahd Medical City: Objectives
Famous quotes containing the words king, medical and/or city:
“The king said, -Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one, and half to the other. But the woman whose son was alive said to the king -because compassion for her son burned within her - -Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him! The other said, -It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it. Then the king responded: -Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings. 3:25-37.
Solomon resolves a dispute between two women over a child. Solomon’s wisdom was proven by this story.
“Homoeopathy is insignificant as an art of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there.... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)