Dr. Saad bin Saud Al Fuhaid, President of the Arabian Gulf University (AGU), met with a delegation from the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) to review the final stages of the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City, one of the largest health and academic projects in the region affiliated with the AGU.
Representatives from SaudConsult, the project’s engineering consultancy, and Alfouzan Construction Company attended to ensure coordination for the project’s timely completion in line with the highest quality standards.
Following the meeting, the president and the delegation toured the medical city buildings, inspecting the facilities and advanced technologies that meet international standards, positioning the medical city among the region’s leading health institutions.
This project is expected to address the needs of Bahrain and the Gulf’s health and medical education sectors by providing advanced medical services and a hands-on training environment that enhances students’ technical and medical skills.
The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City project reflects the strong bond between the leadership and the people of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The late King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud allocated SAR 1 billion to build a medical city for Arabian Gulf University to serve Bahrain and the GCC. In turn, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa allocated a one-square-kilometre site in southern Bahrain for the project.
The design includes three separate buildings connected by corridors. The first building houses an emergency and imaging unit on the ground floor, with clinics and doctors’ offices on the three upper floors. The second building includes a storage area, central sterilisation supplies, a morgue, a central pharmacy, and a main kitchen on the ground floor, while the upper floors contain the academic centre, cafeteria, administrative offices, operating rooms, and clinical laboratories.
The third and largest building is an eight-storey tower with 274 single rooms on separate floors allocated to various specialities. The ground floor features a rehabilitation centre, an information and communications technology centre, security and safety offices, and a maternity wing.
The hospital will offer services across four main specialities: internal medicine, paediatrics, surgery, and obstetrics and gynaecology, in addition to all major subspecialties. It includes 37 intensive care beds, 40 isolation rooms, 12 beds for obesity treatment, two royal suites, and 10 VIP suites.
Designed as a teaching hospital, it includes dedicated rooms on each floor for student activities and a conference hall. It will be fully digitalised, with all systems interconnected. King Abdullah University Hospital is more than an ordinary hospital; it integrates clinical care, medical education, and scientific research to meet patients’ evolving healthcare needs in line with best medical practices.
AGU views King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAAUH) as a model for innovative healthcare, training, and transformative research, hoping it will become a leading academic medical centre in the Middle East.
