The Amiri Hospital is a

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located in the

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and it serves an estimated 400,000 patients per year.

History

The hospital was built in 1949 to be the first government owned hospital. Before that there was only the US missionary hospital and small

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s run by doctors in their own houses. The original hospital building was closed in the 1970s after the opening of the new modern building.

Building

The current main building of Amiri Hospital is located on the Arabian Gulf Street, overlooking the

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. It comprises ten floors and a basement.

Official website

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