ADK Hospital ( dv, އޭޑީކޭ ހޮސްޕިޓަލް) is the first and the largest private tertiary care hospital in the

Republic of Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

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hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

is one of the two major private hospitals located in Greater

Malé Malé (, ; dv, މާލެ) is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 252,768 and an area of , it is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located at the southern ...

region. The acronym ‘ADK’ is derived from the name late Abdul Rahman Dhon Kaleyfaanu, who is the father of Ahmed Nashid, one of the founding members of ADK Group.

Logo

The logo of ADK Hospital was rebranded in late 2008. The new logo depicts a snake wrapped around a wand representing the rod of Asclepius, which is used as an international medical symbol depicting healing through medicine. The apple denotes health and well-being as well as prevention.

History

The origins of ADK Hospital go back to the small clinic founded in 1987 by Mr. Ahmed Nashid and Late Mr. Hassan Ibrahim under the name of "Mediclinic". This marked the beginning of the ADK Group of companies. The facilities of the clinic were extended and strengthened over the five years that followed to satisfy the need of the clients of the clinics. The service was named ADK Medical Center in 1992. The Group realized its most notable single development in 1996: the establishment of ADK Hospital in Male, the first private hospital in the Maldives, which brought about a monumental shift in the Group's future direction.

Services

ADK Hospital has been awarded the Facilities Improvement Initiative of the Year 2020 - Maldives by the Healthcare Asia Awards. There are over 200 beds in the hospital, with an extra 6 beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 12 in the High Dependency unit (HDU), 5 in the Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) and 10 in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 29 specialties and over 90 physicians covering nearly all medical specialties and sub-specialties. There are advanced diagnostics and therapeutics, dental, general and specialty medicine, surgical services, intensive care, and rehabilitation. There are currently 5 operation theatres in the Hospital, including Sunrise, Beach, Underwater, Seed and Nest, the latter two dedicated to obstetrics and gynecological surgeries. It also has biplane Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory providing high-end cardiac and neurological interventions.

Departments

*Anesthesiology *Cardiology *Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery *Dentistry *Dermatology and Venereology *ENT *Emergency Medicine *Endocrinology *Gastroenterology *Internal Medicine *Laboratory *Neurology *Nephrology *Neurosurgery *Nutrition & Dietetics *Obstetrics & Gynecology *Orthopedics *Ophthalmology *Pediatrics *Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation *Psychiatry *Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine *Radiology *Reconstructive, Regenerative and Aesthetic Surgery (Plastic Surgery) *Speech Therapy *Surgery *Urology

References

External links

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