King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh
Khaled bin Abdulaziz succeeded King Faisal in 1975. King Khaled also emphasized development, and his reign was marked by an almost explosive growth in the country's physical infrastructure. It was a period of enormous wealth and prosperity for Saudi Arabia.
The King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital is one of the largest and most modern facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. It is a 263-bed tertiary ophthalmology referral centre. KKESH currently has a total of 987 staff members, exclusive of separate management contracts for food/nutrition service and maintenance. There are 44 physicians and approximately 200 nurses. The remaining 753 are professional, technical or support employees in all departments. It is a multinational workforce of more than 30 nationalities. It is a testimonial to the vision of His Majesty the late King Khaled bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and the dedication of the Government in providing the finest and most sophisticated eye care available anywhere in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
On the 21st of December 1982 the hospital formally opened its doors to the first of many patients who would pass through the portals of what was to become a paragon of ophthalmic care, known throughout the world.
The mission of the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital is to serve as the centre of excellence for tertiary eye care on behalf of the citizens of Saudi Arabia, consistent with the highest attainable standards of multi-specialty eye care services, education of physicians and ancillary health care professionals and research into the causes and treatment of eye disorders indigenous to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
At KKESH, the following services are provided:
1. Therapeutic services. Unavoidable problems are managed at KKESH. We receive patients referred to KKESH by the Government and private hospitals, health centres, clinics, and the general medical committees. These patients receive optimum and tertiary medical and surgical eye care, as appropriate.
2. Research services. KKESH conducts clinical and field research and survey activities for identification of the geographical distribution of ocular disorders and investigation of the aetiology of eye disease according to the variances of age, sex and geographical location.
3. Educational and Training services. This is realised by making the best use of the medical technical and administrative potentials of the on-site, high-calibre personnel in developing the skills of the Saudi Nationals on staff at KKESH and from the health and education organisations. Thus, they are enabled to assume their role in operating this and other eye care institutions.
4. Preventative services. These are achieved through the diligent efforts being exerted to disseminate health education among the public at their locations by means of tapes, books, posters, publications, seminars, public lectures etc. Such activities help in the control and prevention of communicable and other eye diseases.
There are ongoing vacancies, for Nursing, Medical and Paramedical staff. Excellent benefits including 1- or 2-year contract, free housing, medical care and free return flight for each contract completed.
The Anaesthesia Department at KKESH
KKESH has a surgical unit of 12 operating theatres serving the people of Saudi Arabia and surrounding countries of the Arabian Peninsula.
Patient care began in December 1982. In addition to offering comprehensive eye care, KKESH has developed education and research programs and become an ophthalmology-training centre for Saudi ophthalmologist and other related health care professions.
Surgical services receive approximately 9,000 patients a year that require anaesthesia care. An estimated 20% of these patients are under 12 years of age. The neonatal and paediatric patients require general anaesthesia as well as many geriatric patients with their diverse medical problems.
The CRNA monitors all general and regional anaesthetics, reviewing their assigned cases and preparing drugs and equipment for each case. Skills required for the CRNA include: airway control, intubations, interpreting monitored information, intravenous drug and anaesthetic gas administration. Anaesthetic care is given under the direction of an Anaesthesiologist.
The work is done according to the American system and the hospital is accredited by the JCAHO (Joint Commission of American Health Organisation).
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