Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, managed by SEHA, serves as the flagship institution for Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA). It is governed by its commitment to practice modern

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to the same high standards as the best medical facilities in the world. SKMC’s comprehensive health care services cater to the needs and priorities of the Abu Dhabi community, ensuring not only optimal levels of

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care and satisfaction but also promoting general

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and well-being through education and awareness. Sheikh Khalifa Medical City consists of a 586-bed

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hospital, 14

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specialty clinics and a

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, all accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI). Additionally, SKMC manages a 125-bed Behavioral Sciences Pavilion (BSP), and an

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located within the city of Abu Dhabi.

History

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City was created in 2005 as a result of the merger of all publicly held healthcare organizations 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

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center and an outpatient dialysis unit * Abu Dhabi Psychiatric Hospital -a 120-bed facility * Abu Dhabi Rehabilitation Center - an 88-bed facility that was serving mainly as a

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home for the elderly and people with

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* Al Jazeera Hospital - built in the 1970s, a 300-bed

medical facility which was open for

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s who lived on Abu Dhabi island only *

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Clinic * Primary Healthcare Clinics - nine

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s dispersed across the island * Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center - commissioned in 2000, it is a 250-bed

medical facility which was open only for

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nationals The new healthcare conglomerate adopted the brand of the newest facility, “Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center”, and changed the name from Center to City, to reflect the true nature of the new organization. Following the merger, SKMC underwent a series of transformational events to strengthen the merger. In 2007, SKMC came under the management of

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, which is heralded as one of the top hospitals in the United States, according to '' U.S. News & World Report''. The following year, SKMC received

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for its Main Hospital (

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and

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Pavilions),

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Specialty

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s, Khalidiya

and Abu Dhabi

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. Other SKMC facilities are aiming for JCI

in the next few years. In 2009, SKMC changed its logo to reflect the relationship between SKMC and

. Later that year, SKMC was awarded recognition as a Cycle III Chest Pain Center, the first outside the United States and only the 12th worldwide. Recently, SKMC received

as a Cycle IV Chest Pain Center - one of only a handful of institutions globally to receive such an accolade.

Clinical service

SKMC’s comprehensive health care services cater to the needs and priorities of the Abu Dhabi community, ensuring not only optimal levels of patient care and satisfaction but also promoting general

and well-being through

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and

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. Sheikh Khalifa Medical City consists of a 568-bed

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Hospital, 14 specialized

clinics and the

, and is accredited by

(JCI). Additionally, SKMC manages a 125-bed Behavioral Sciences Pavilion and an

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Center located within the

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of Abu Dhabi. Departments of related medical specialties collaborate as unified institutes to offer

-centered care. Specialist care: *

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Sciences Institute * Critical Care *

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Medicine *

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Institute *

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and

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Medicine *

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Institute *

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* Surgery Institute

Accreditations

* SKMC is

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as a Cycle IV Chest Pain Center by the

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(SCPC), an achievement bestowed to only a few

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in the world. SKMC is the first hospital outside the United States to attain this

(in June 2009) for its

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and

services. * The

Pavilion,

Pavilion, 14

Specialty

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and Abu Dhabi

are all accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI), since April 11, 2008.

External links

Official website of SKMC.
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