Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital
Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital (Al Jalila Children's) 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ↑ http://www.afcarillion.ae/projects/alJalilaHospital.html
- ↑ https://www.dha.gov.ae/EN/Media/News/pages/dhadirector-generalinspectsconstructionworkofaljalilachildren%E2%80%99sspecialtyhospital.aspx
- ↑ http://www.hm.ae/aljalila.htm
- ↑ http://www.mdecg.com/al-jalila-children%E2%80%99s-speciality-hospital/
- ↑ http://www.hm.ae/aljalilaFAQ.htm
- ↑ http://www.hm.ae/aljalilaFAQ.htm
- ↑ https://www.dha.gov.ae/EN/Media/News/pages/dhadirector-generalinspectsconstructionworkofaljalilachildren%E2%80%99sspecialtyhospital.aspx
- ↑ http://www.hm.ae/aljalilaFAQ.htm