ABU DHABI HOSPITALS GUIDE
GOVERNMENT SECTOR
Abu Dhabi Healthcare Company (SEHA) is the largest and most comprehensive integrated healthcare network in the UAE, consisting of over 18,000 employees, 14 hospitals, and more than 70 clinics, delivering services from the capital city to the interior regions. As an integrated and patient-centric company, SEHA offers many world-class services and sub-specialties that are delivered by highly specialised healthcare professionals. The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC–SEHA – is an independent, public joint stock company created to develop the curative activities of the public health care system in Abu Dhabi.
Pure Health is the corporate marketing name of SEHA, that owns and operates all public hospitals and clinics across the emirate of Abu Dhabi. PureHealth is the UAE’s largest integrated healthcare platform, covering hospitals, clinics, diagnostics, insurance, pharmacies, health-tech, procurement and more.
Pure Health’s network of healthcare facilities across Abu Dhabi and the Northern Emirates comprises:
- SEHA – Abu Dhabi Health Services Company – One of the largest healthcare networks of hospitals and clinics in the UAE
- Daman – The National Health Insurance Company, the UAE’s leading health insurer
- The Medical Office – Overseeing Sheikh Khalifa Hospitals and healthcare facilities established under the initiatives of H.H. The President of the UAE
- Rafed – The UAE’s largest healthcare Group Purchasing Organization
- PureLab – Managing and operating the largest network of laboratories in the region.
- Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center – Specialist healthcare centre focused on cell therapy and regenerative medicine
- One Health – Sales, service support, and engineering network that provides end-to-end medical solutions to a base of over 300 healthcare service providers.
The Life Corner – Abu Dhabi’s first holistic pharmacy, serving the health and wellness establishment.
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) is one of the UAE’s largest tertiary government hospitals. Established in partnership with U.S. non-profit organization, Mayo Clinic, as part of the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 to elevate healthcare services in the Emirate.
The 742-bed medical complex is a flagship in SEHA’s healthcare portfolio. SSMC has 30 different specialties and employs the most advanced medical diagnostic equipment and devices. This JCI-accredited hospital provides world-class health care with cutting-edge facilities, technologies and diagnostics.
SSMC has the largest Lab in the UAE and 18 Operating Theatres (1 hybrid). Full range of specialties including Medicine, Surgery, Anaesthesiology, Radiology, Pathology, Critical Care, Emergency, obstetrics and Gynae, Radiation Therapy, Burns Centre, ICU, NICU.
Regional Center of Excellence for
- Orthopaedic
- Bariatric Surgery
- Womens’ Health
- Vascular Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Rheumatology
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) is a flagship tertiary government hospital in the UAE and the largest teaching medical centre in Abu Dhabi. SKMC comprises a 441-bed acute care hospital and 16 outpatient specialty clinics, providing exceptional and comprehensive surgical and medical services. Additionally, SKMC manages a Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory (BSL3) and a 125-bed Behavioral Sciences Pavilion, the largest mental care facility that provides adults and paediatric services.
SKMC also has the largest paediatric medical centre in the UAE, offering specialised services such as pediatric oncology and hematology, pediatric oncology, pediatric nephrology, pediatric metabolic disorders, and pediatric minimally invasive procedures, with the only pediatric cardiac surgery program in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
In addition, our state-of-the-art pediatric critical care unit and pediatric emergency department are the largest in the country. SKMC also offers distinguished multidisciplinary rehabilitation services through its Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Institute.
As an innovative market leader, SKMC has achieved numerous milestones, including the establishment of the UAE’s first and most comprehensive Kidney Transplant Center and the sole provider of paediatric kidney transplant services in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Corniche Hospital has a legacy as the most-trusted and leading referral centre for Women and Newborn care in Abu Dhabi, with more than 46 years of dedication to motherhood and over 300,000 babies delivered till date.
The 180-bed public hospital has been entirely renovated and equipped with state-of the art technologies, helping to maintain clinical and operational excellence. The 64-cot Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is the largest and finest in the country.
Corniche Hospital offers a comprehensive range of advanced obstetrics, gynaecology, and neonatology services, with subspecialty care services and clinics dealing with foetal medicine, infertility, obstetric medicine, aesthetic gynaecology, chronic pain management and allied health disciplines, including lactation and physiotherapy.
Corniche Hospital is JCI-accredited and has a US accreditation as Centre of Excellence for minimally-invasive surgery and endometriosis care, and is certified by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Unicef as mother-baby friendly hospital.
SEHA Kidney Care (SKC) is the leading provider of kidney care services across the UAE, with a network of 34 skilfully trained nephrologists. SKC provides the full spectrum of renal services, including mild acute kidney injury, glomerulonephritis, diabetic and hypertension kidney disease, genetic problems, vasculitis, and all forms of chronic kidney disease.
SKC operates three core kidney care centres:
- SKC Central Center – Next to Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City – Abu Dhabi
- SEHA Kidney Care – next to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi
- SKC Al Ain near Tawam Hospital, Al Ain SKC specialises in all dialysis treatments and kidney transplantation. It provides acute and chronic care services for inpatients and outpatients in many SEHA facilities, such as primary care and kidney care centres, inpatient care, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Centre, and specialised rehabilitation hospitals.
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) and SKC provide transplants to patients more than any other unit in the UAE. Transplantation surgeries are performed mostly in Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) by a dedicated transplant team.
If kidney transplantation is not an immediate choice, then all modalities of dialysis including in-centre hemodialysis will be offered to the patient. SKC is the only nephrology facility across Abu Dhabi that provides all forms of peritoneal dialysis.SKC dialysis machines have real-time smart monitoring connectivity with data analytics to improve management for dialysis patients.
Shakhbout Medical City supports more than 180,000 hemodialysis sessions per year and more than 100 Peritoneal Dialysis patients. SKC has recently launched home dialysis treatment for patients with limited mobility and overnight hemodialysis that offers the patients more time to themselves during the day.
Named after the first and oldest Emirati nurse Salma Al Sharhan, Salma Rehabilitation Hospital is the only dedicated holistic paediatric rehabilitation facility in the UAE. Salma Rehabilitation Hospital is a purpose-built government hospital that offers a wide range of medical, nursing, rehabilitation and personalised therapy services.
The facility is managed by highly-experienced physicians, rehabilitation specialists, therapists, and nurses using state-of-the-art medical equipment, set in a world-class hospitality environment.
The hospital features a contemporary, friendly design, spacious rooms, dedicated therapy areas and vast spaces for rehabilitation and recreation both indoors and outdoors which help our team to treat every patient with the highest level of care and expertise.
Salma Rehabilitation Hospital is accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI) and is poised to be accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
Established in 2003, Al Rahba Hospital is a 166-bed advanced secondary care government facility. Al Rahba’s advanced emergency department serves more than 200 patients daily, harnessing advanced technology such as a multi-slice CT scanner, designed to provide specialist care in trauma cases. The Outpatient Department has 18 specialties.
Al Dhafra Hospitals serve the diverse medical needs of many thousands of people living and working in Abu Dhabi’s most remote communities—from the far western corner of the UAE to the inland desert border regions and the offshore island.
Dhafra Hospitals Abu Dhabi includes six JCI-accredited hospitals: Madinat Zayed Hospital, Ghayathi Hospital, Al Sila Hospital, Delma Hospital, Liwa Hospital, and Al Marfa Hospital, and two medical centres: Al Dhafra Family Medicine Center and Bida Al Mutawa Medical Center, in addition to two clinics, Abu Al Abyad Clinic and Sir Bani Yas Clinic.
These hospitals, centers, and clinics provide medical services within more than 40 different specialties for inpatients and outpatients in various fields and specialties, the most important of which are internal medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, diabetes, mental health, nutrition, paediatrics, obstetrics, gynaecology, general surgery, anaesthesia, pharmacy services, laboratory, and diagnostic radiology.
The National Rehabilitation Center (NRC), established in 2002, utilises the latest scientific methods to provide treatment and rehabilitation for drug addiction. Its specialty areas include setting up research and training centres, conducting seminars, conferences, workshops and training programs, awarding certifications in accordance with the relevant legislations,patient monitoring and follow-up, and establishing necessary programs to meet the evolving needs of patients.
Zayed Military Hospital is the exclusive Military Hospital in the country, providing medical services to the personnel and families of the U.A.E. Armed Forces. The Zayed Military Hospital is a 365-bed tertiary care hospital, including an ICU, Burn ICU, Cardiac Care Unit, medical, surgical, and paediatric beds. Also, the hospital has a psychiatric centre located in a separate building.
The JCI-accredited hospital has the most modern technological equipment available in its department and highly-skilled internationally trained staff. There are also two satellite hospitals each with 120 beds in Sharjah and Al Ain.
PRIVATE SECTOR
Burjeel Hospital, a leading private Tertiary Care Hospital in Abu Dhabi opened for patients in April 2012. It is a 180 bedded multispeciality hospital with 31 ICU beds and has 8 Labor and Delivery Suites. There are 10 operation theatres including 1 state-of-the-art Hybrid OR. Burjeel Hospital has received numerous awards and is accredited by the JCI.
The hospital employs a highly experienced, dynamic team of internationally trained specialists and is well equipped with the latest equipment and laminar airflow systems to maintain internationally accepted sterility norms that minimise the risk of infection.
All major specialties are present in the hospital, with facilities to perform all types of diagnostic & therapeutic procedures such as Angioplasty, Stenting, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Insertion, Pacemaker Insertions, Neuro-physiology, Specialized physiotherapy, Comprehensive Rehabilitation services, etc.
The Burjeel Medical City: A Premier Healthcare Facility in Abu Dhabi
Burjeel Medical City is the most comprehensive private quaternary care hospital in the UAE. Located in Abu Dhabi, it spans over 1.2 million sq. ft. The hospital has more than 400 beds. It offers over 50 specialties, including oncology, neurosurgery, multi-organ transplantation, paediatric surgery, and bone marrow transplantation.
The hospital is equipped with cutting-edge medical technology. It features advanced facilities like the UAE’s largest hydrotherapy pool. The WalkBot gait training robot is also available for rehabilitation. The hospital is home to state-of-the-art diagnostic and imaging technology. This includes a 1.5T intraoperative iMRI, PET-CT, SPECT-CT, and the 3Dimensions™ Mammography System.
Burjeel Medical City holds prestigious accreditations, including JCI and ESMO. The hospital is well-known for its comprehensive paediatric care. Specialized services are available in paediatric oncology, neurology, and gastroenterology. The hospital also offers a Level IV PICU and a Level III NICU.
Additionally, it provides specialized services such as pediatric ECMO and a NICU ambulance for critical care transfers.
Other Burjeel Group facilities in Abu Dhabi include:
- Burjeel Day Surgery Center, Al Reem Island
- Burjeel Royal Hospital, Al Ain
- Burjeel Medical Center – Al Shamkha, Makani Mall
- Burjeel Medical Center – Al Zeina, Al Raha Beach
Mubadala Health is the integrated healthcare network of Mubadala Investment Company. Established in 2021, Mubadala Health operates, manages, and develops a portfolio of healthcare assets including:
- Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
- Healthpoint
- Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC)
- Amana Healthcare
- National Reference Laboratory (NRL)Capital Health Screening Centre (CHSC)
- Abu Dhabi Telemedicine Centre (ADTC)
- Danat Al Emarat
- HealthPlus Diabetes & Endocrinology Center
- HealthPlus Family Clinics
- HealthPlus Fertility
- HealthPlus Women’s Health Center
- Moorfields Eye Hospital Abu Dhabi
Part of the Mubadala Health group, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a unique and unparalleled extension of US-based Cleveland Clinic’s model of care, specifically designed to address a range of complex and critical care requirements unique to the residents and communities of the United Arab Emirates. The JCI-accredited Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is composed of 15 institutes designed to put Patients First and align with the region’s specific healthcare needs.
In all, more than 50 medical and surgical specialties are represented at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and are integrated to offer coordinated, multidisciplinary care for adult patients.
The facilities at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi combine state-of-the-art amenities and world class service standards. The hospital is a 364 (expandable to 490) bed facility, with five clinical floors, three diagnostic and treatment levels, and 13 floors of critical and acute inpatient units.
It is a physician-led medical facility served by Western-trained, North American/European board certified (or equivalent) physicians, licensed by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi provides patients in the region direct access to the world’s best healthcare providers and Cleveland Clinic’s unique model of care, reducing their need to travel abroad for treatment.
Danat Al Emarat, a Mubadala Health partner, is a JCI-accredited, world-class specialty women and children’s hospital located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The five-story hospital, accredited as a clinical research centre by the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, covers an area of 58,000 square metres, with 200 beds. The hospital offers a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services including Neonatology & Pediatrics, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Women’s Diagnostics & Breast Imaging and others, all of which are equipped with the latest technology and led by highly-qualified clinicians to provide unmatched patient and family centred care.
The hospital’s medical team is hand-picked from the international and local market specialising in numerous sub-specialties. Over 130 consultants and primary care physicians work closely together to ensure the entire needs of women and children are addressed in a single convenient location and to the highest standards.
Danat Al Emarat is the only private Women and Children hospital to have a Foetal Medicine Department along with a full-fledged Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Level III providing care for the most fragile newborns, establishing Danat Al Emarat as a regional referral centre for women with high-risk pregnancies.
Healthpoint, a Mubadala Health partner, is a 77-bed, JCI-accredited, multi-specialty hospital in Abu Dhabi that opened in 2013. The hospital includes 10 specialty centres: bariatric (weight loss) surgery & weight loss, dentistry, medical specialties, musculoskeletal medicine, pain management & headache, physiotherapy & rehabilitation, plastic surgery & dermatology, pulmonary & sleep medicine, vascular medicine & surgery, & surgical specialties.
Healthpoint is committed to working with companies within the Mubadala Healthcare Network and with its strategic partners from the world’s best healthcare organisations, as well as other hospitals and clinics locally and regionally.
Healthpoint’s compassionate clinical staff are leaders in their respective fields and combine international standards and latest innovations with local understanding to create a world class hospital experience.
The clinical and non-clinical staff work as one integrated team in a culture that continuously aims to improve patient experience, outcomes and employee engagement. Healthpoint provides full-cycle organised care using the integrated practice unit (IPU) model, which tailors treatment around the individual patient, with every action in the practice complementing the other to increase standards, avoid unnecessary care and simplify each patient’s journey.
Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC), a Mubadala Health partner, is a state-of the-art outpatient facility that specialises in diabetes treatment, research, training and public health awareness.
Amana Healthcare, a Mubadala Health partner, is the Middle East’s leading provider of specialised long-term care, rehabilitation and home healthcare services and is the region’s pioneer in integrated continuum-of-care services. Based in the United Arab Emirates, Amana serves patients from a wide catchment area, including the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, who need complex, specialised, post-acute care. Amana’s hospitals are accredited by the U.S. Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation (CARF) Facilities.
Established in 2010, HealthPlus is a network of highly specialised outpatient centres and family clinics in the United Arab Emirates and in Saudi Arabia that offer premium healthcare services combined with the latest innovative technologies in the sector. In 2018, HealthPlus became one of the first outpatient networks to receive accreditation from the Joint Commission International (JCI) under the ambulatory care program.
HealthPlus Fertility is one of the largest fertility networks in the region, with 3 fully-serviced fertility centres in Abu Dhabi, Jeddah, & Riyadh and multiple satellite IVF clinics across the UAE.
Moorfields Eye Hospital Abu Dhabi, a branch of the famous London Moorfields Hospital, delivers a comprehensive range of eye care services for children and adults by specialised teams of ophthalmologists, optometrists and orthoptists.
Harley Street Medical Centre has provided Abu Dhabi with quality private healthcare since 2012 and has grown to become one of the leading multispecialty centres in the region.
HSMC’s extraordinary team consists of physicians, nurses, surgical technologists, medical assistants, and other administrative staff recognized for their excellence over the years by peers and patients.
Harley Street Medical Centre Abu Dhabi is accredited by the JCI and is a multi-specialty surgical facility and dental centre. There are on-site laboratories, radiology & diagnostic imaging, and pharmacy facilities.
Established in 2020 and with a capacity of over 200 beds, Reem Hospital is the first post acute Rehabilitation, and Multi-specialty private Hospital built to provide quality and world class care to patients throughout their recovery journey. This JCI-accredited facility recruits highly-skilled and trained international doctors and integrates renewed advanced technologies as well as AI tracking and programming systems. Reem Hospital is proudly operated by VAMED in partnership with Charité, one of the leading University Hospitals in Germany and Europe, with more than 300 years of experience in specialised paediatric care
Healthway medical center, part of the Royal Health group, is a primary health care medical centre located in Baniyas, Abu Dhabi, It offers a wide range of services, Family Medicine, GP, ENT, Gynecology, Dental services Laboratory and Diagnostic Services.
NMC Royal Hospital is a 500-bed private hospital equipped with the most advanced technology. The hospital delivers quality healthcare to not only those living in the capital but patients from across the UAE and GCC.
In its immediate neighbourhood, new hospital serves the need of the growing population of Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa City, Al Raha, Mussafah, Mohammed bin Zayed City, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi International Airport, Shahama and Yas Island, suburbs which according to the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 are expected to house around one-fifth of the emirates total population by 2030.
The hospital serves as a tertiary referral centre with 24 hours emergency services and an integrated network of ambulance services. The hospital’s state-of-the-art critical care unit includes a dedicated cardiac unit with round the clock intensivist cover. A team of more than 90 doctors which consists of 32 consultants and 28 specialists are primarily western qualified.
The hospital caters for over 41 specialties including Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Mother and Child Health, Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Neuro Sciences. There are 53 Critical care beds, a NICU and PICU. The hospital has one of the region’s first hybrid operating theatres with flex move system, a 3 Tesla MRI unit, 256 slice CT scanner and automated laboratory system.
New Medical Centre Royal Women’s Hospital (formerly Brightpoint Royal Women’s Hospital) is the first private mother and child hospital in Abu Dhabi, with over 14 specialties and 100 beds.
Al Danah Zone 1, Abu Dhabi
The NMC Specialty Hospital Abu Dhabi is a 104-bed multispecialty hospital that first opened in 1975. The hospital serves as the referral centre of choice for medical centres and hospitals in Abu Dhabi, GCC & African countries. The hospital has 7 operating theatres and caters for over 33 specialties.
The radiology department offers state-of-the-art equipment, including a patient friendly wide bore MRI (1.5 tesla), 64-Slice Spiral CT Scanner, 4-D Ultrasound with Color Doppler, Bone Densitometry, Digital Mammogram with CAD system, and Digital X-Ray systems backed by a fully integrated PACS system.The hospital operates a well equipped laboratory offering extensive investigative facilities supported by a centralised computerised system.
American Center for Psychiatry and Neurology is JCI accredited, established in 2008, is a local healthcare group specialised in mental health related medical services across the UAE.
Wellness One Day Surgery Center (WODSC) is JCI accredited one day surgery facility, licensed in 2014 by department of Health – Abu Dhabi.
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