Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital

Al Jalila Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Hospital (Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital) is a children's hospital ordered to be built by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as a gift to the children of the UAE to celebrate his daughter Al Jalila’s first birthday on Tuesday 2 December 2008. The first phase is to be opened in 2013.

The hospital will be located in Dubai and will have 200 beds and will also include a pediatric trauma centre, heart centre, transplant unit, surgical departments, outpatient clinics, dialysis unit and oncology care, news agency WAM reported.

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 for the contract period of October 2011 – February 2014 was Al-Futtaim Carillion LLC.^[1]

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital was designed to be a ‘smart hospital’ that integrates IT and design features to create a positive and entertaining environment for patients and families.^[2]

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital is a teaching and research hospital, which features a 375-seat auditorium in addition to several education and training rooms.

Departments, Units and Other Features

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Heart Center
Cancer Center
Mental Health and Neurology Center
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Coronary Intensive Care Unit
Nephrology Unit
Kidney Dialysis
Rehabilitation Unit
Physiotherapy Unit
Adolescent Unit
Imaging and Radiology Department
Nuclear Medicine
Clinical Laboratories
Outpatient Department
Emergency Department
Surgery Department with 8 Operating Rooms
Pulmonology
Endocrinology
Developmental Pediatrics
Gastroenterology
Allergy & Immunology
Ophthalmology
ENT
Orthopaedics
Dermatology
Dental
Burn Unit
Infectious Disease
Dedicated Helipad
Over 3,750 Biomedical Equipment and Fixtures^[4]
Pharmacy

Advanced Medical Procedures Performed

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Atrial Septal Defect Repair
AV Canals
Cardio-Pulmonary Bypass
Croablation
Fontan Procedure
Robotic Surgery to repair some congenital heart defects
Patent Ductus
Vascular Ring
Ross Procedure for aortic valve failure
Heart Transplant
Mohs Micrographic Controlled Surgery
Bariatric Procedures
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Cerebrovascular Surgery
Urology and Kidney Transplant

Initial estimates of patient turnover

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Emergency Department - 50,370 Patients/Year
Day Hospital Treatment Unit - 5,720 Patients/Year
Dialysis Unit - 3,120 Patients/Year
Out Patient Department - 96,720 Patient/Year
TOTAL OUTPATIENT/AMBULATORY - 155,930 Patients
Adolescent Unit - 1,298 Patients/Year
Heart Center - 1,298 Patients/Year
Medical Surgical Units (4 Units) - 5,191 Patients/Year
Mental Health Unit - 261 Patients/Year
Oncology/Cancer Unit - 1,074 Patients/Year
Rehabilitation Unit - 209 Patients/Year
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – NICU - Level III Cases - 503 Patients/Year
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – PICU - Including Coronary Care Unit and Burn Unit - 1,501 Patients/Year
Nephrology Unit - 403 Patients/Year
TOTAL INPATIENT - 11,738 Patients/Year
Predicted Average Length Of Stay - 6.2 Days
Predicted Number of Operations - 7,710 Operations/Year
Day Care Surgery - 6,240 Day Surgery/Year
Predicted Imaging & Radiology Investigations and Studies - 44,230 Study + Investigation/Year

Green Features

The hospital has several features to reduce its environmental impact, including:

Gardens in terraces and the top roof to provide sun insulation
More than 5,000 square meters of solar panels on the roof and parking structures
Water treatment and reuse
A wall façade and HVAC aspiration system to maintain room temperature and reduce energy consumption

Awards

Future Projects – Health Award at the World Architecture Festival 2009
Hospital Build Award 2011 for Best Sustainable Hospital Project^[7]

Hospital Dimensions

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Hospital Area – 57,965 square meters
Underground Parking Area – 7,800 square meters
Above Ground Parking Area – 6,740 square meters
Inspection and Plants Area – 23,400 square meters
Outside Greenery Area – 47,685 square meters

References

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