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About KAAUH

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAAUH) is a 406-bedded teaching hospital, accredited by JCIA and CBHAI. Presently there are centers of excellence in women's health, paediatric and adolescent health, including a Child Development Center specializing in autism and attention disorders. There is also provision of integrated services in internal medicine, psychiatry, orthopaedic, urology, colorectal, breast, bariatric, plastic and endocrine surgery, otorhinology, ophthalmology, dental and maxillofacial surgery. Additional specialties soon to be added are cardiac surgery, cardiology, vascular surgery, neurosciences, neurosurgery surgery and oncology. The organization has commenced the journey to Magnet recognition, an accreditation awarded to exceptional health care organisations.

Hospital departments

Medical and Clinical Services

The hospital provides healthcare services through a comprehensive range of specialized departments and clinics, including:

Family Medicine and Community Health

Internal Medicine and Critical Care

Surgery

Anaesthesiology

Paediatrics

Women's Health

Dental Clinics

Family Counselling Clinics (Tarabot)

Emergency Department

Medical Imaging

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Supportive Healthcare Services

Supportive healthcare services include:

Rehabilitation services

Therapeutic nutrition

Health education and promotion

Pharmaceutical services

Respiratory care services

Education and Scientific Research

The hospital was founded to play a pivotal role in integrating healthcare with education and scientific research through:

Training students and graduates of health colleges

Supporting and promoting health research

Quality and Patient Safety

Quality and patient safety are a fundamental pillar of the hospital’s approved care model, which is applied practically and daily in all departments and practices, through adherence to the highest standards of safe care, risk prevention, and the provision of high-quality health services to patients.

Last updated: 05/04/2026 - 12:18 PM Saudi Time