Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital (Al Jalila Children's) is a children's hospital ordered to be built by
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as a gift to the children of the
UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
to celebrate his daughter
Al Jalila’s first birthday on 2 December 2008.
History
It was announced in December 2008 that the hospital would be located in
Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...
and would have 200 beds. The hospital was designed by Italian architectural firm Studio Altieri International. The contractor assigned for fencing, shoring excavation and piling was A.P.C.C., and the contractor for construction of the facility itself was
Al-Futtaim Carillion
Carillion plc was a British multinational construction and facilities management services company headquartered in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, prior to its liquidation in January 2018.
Carillion was created in July 1999, following a ...
LLC. It was designed to be a 'smart hospital' that integrates IT and design features to create a positive and entertaining environment for patients and families.
It opened in October 2016.
Clinical activities
The hospital area is 57,965 square meters
and the hospital has over 3,750 pieces of biomedical equipment and fixtures.
Awards
* Future Projects – Health Award at the World Architecture Festival 2009
* Hospital Build Award 2011 for Best Sustainable Hospital Project
* Hamdan Award for an Outstanding Clinical Department in the Public Sector in UAE in 2022
References
External links
World Buildings Directory entry
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Hospital buildings completed in 2013
Hospitals in Dubai