Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Geography
LocationKarama Street, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates24°28′13″N 54°21′55″E / 24.47028°N 54.36528°E / 24.47028; 54.36528
Organisation
TypeMultispecialty
Services
Beds711
History
Opened2000
Links
Websitewww.skmc.ae
ListsHospitals in United Arab Emirates
Outpatient Department at SKMC - July, 2000

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), serves as the flagship institution for Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA).

SKMC consists of a 586-bed acute care hospital, 14 outpatient specialty clinics and a blood bank, all accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI). Additionally, SKMC manages a 125-bed Behavioural Sciences Pavilion (BSP), and an Urgent Care Center located within the city of Abu Dhabi. Since early 2022, the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at SKMC is Peter Makowski,[1] who is the successor of Erik Wassberg MD.[2]

History

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City was created in 2005 as a result of the merger of all publicly held healthcare organisations in Abu Dhabi island. The merged entities were:

  • Abu Dhabi Central Hospital - built in the late 1960s and the oldest hospital in Abu Dhabi, it served as a 200-bed hospital until it was scaled down in 2003 to an emergency centre and an outpatient dialysis unit
  • Abu Dhabi Psychiatric Hospital - a 163-bed facility
  • Abu Dhabi Rehabilitation Center - an 88-bed facility that was serving mainly as a nursing home for the elderly and people with special needs
  • Al Jazeera Hospital - built in the 1970s, a 300-bed acute care medical facility which was open for expatriates who lived on Abu Dhabi island only
  • Preventive Medicine Clinic
  • Primary Healthcare Clinics - nine clinics dispersed across the island
  • Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center - commissioned in 2000, it is a 250-bed acute care medical facility which was open only for UAE nationals

The new healthcare conglomerate adopted the brand of the newest facility, “Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center”.

In 2007, SKMC came under the management of Cleveland Clinic.[3]

Clinical service

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City consists of a 568-bed Acute Care Hospital, 14 specialized outpatient clinics and the Blood Bank, and is accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI). Additionally, SKMC manages a 125-bed Behavioral Sciences Pavilion and an Urgent Care Center located within the city of Abu Dhabi.

Departments of related medical specialties collaborate as unified institutes to offer patient-centered care.

Specialist care:

Address

Al Karamah St,

Al Manhal,

Al Tibbiya,

Abu Dhabi,

United Arab Emirates

Telephone: +97167117777.

References

  1. ↑ "CEO Greetings – SKMCA". Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  2. ↑ "CEO Greetings – SKMCA". 2021-09-18. Archived from the original on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  3. ↑ Peter Zicari, cleveland com (June 4, 2007). "Clinic to take over Abu Dhabi facilities". cleveland.
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