The Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (كليÙلاند كلينك أبو ظبي, known as CCAD) is a multi specialty hospital located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The 364 bed luxury hospital, part of Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA, has been open to the public since May 2015. A unique and unparalleled extension of US-based Cleveland Clinic’s Model of Care, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi provides direct access to the world’s best healthcare, reducing the need for patients to travel abroad for treatment.
History
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is the result of a partnership agreement signed in 2006 between Mubadala Development Company and Cleveland Clinic.
The hospital was officially inaugurated on December 3, 2015 by Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. This 364 (expandable to 490) bed facility is a unique and unparalleled extension of US-based Cleveland Clinic Model of Care, providing direct access to the world’s best healthcare, reducing the need for patients in the region to travel abroad for treatment. It is currently one of the largest and the most expensive healthcare facility in the Middle East.
Construction of the project began with Mubadala Development Company appointing Aldar Properties in 2007 as the project’s development manager, to oversee the design, construction and commissioning of the hospital. The building was designed by Aedas, with Henningson, Durham and Richardson serving as project architects and constructed by partners Six Construct (which owns 60% of the joint venture) and South Korean firm Samsung C&T Corporation (40%), the same team which built world's tallest tower Burj Khalifa. The hospital was initially scheduled to begin full-service operations to patients by the fourth quarter of 2013. Construction was delayed for another 18 months prior to opening its facility to the public in May 2015 due to logistic challenges faced by the massive size of the project. The building is currently the largest structural steel building in the UAE, weighing in at more than 30,000 tonnes.
The hospital received LEED Gold certification in 2014 for its design that promotes sustainable environment.
Facilities
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is a 23-acre facility with five clinical floors, three diagnostic and treatment levels and 13 floors of critical and acute inpatient units. The 409,234 square metre hospital currently has 364 luxury patient beds, with the option to increase that level to 490, including 72 ICU beds, 4 post anesthesia care units (PACU) and 26 operating rooms. Having 175 doctors and 1,501 nurses and other health professionals, the hospital currently has more than 30 medical and surgical specialities and is designed to operate five different specialist centres of excellence covering digestive disease, eye, heart and vascular disorders, neurological treatment, and respiratory and critical care. There were more than 5,000 physicians from all around the world who had applied for the available 175 doctor positions in the hospital. Those who were hired had to complete 40 interviews for the job - 20 in the US and another 20 in Abu Dhabi. Eighty percent of the successful applicants are US-trained, and the rest were trained in western Europe.
See also
- List of hospitals in the United Arab Emirates
References
External links
- Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi website
