King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre is a 1589-bed tertiary/quaternary care and referral hospital based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the national referral center for oncology, organ transplantations, cardiac surgery, genetic diseases, and more. KFSH&RC also maintains a facility in Jeddah.Chief Executive Officer: Qasim Q. Al Qasabi, MD, FRCSI, FACS ProfileHistoryKFSH&RC at a glance KFSH&RC was established in 1970 on a land donated by King Faisal Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud and was officially opened in 1975 by King Khaled Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud. From 1973 to 1985, the hospital was administered by the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). In 1985, following a Royal Decree, the contract with HCA ended, and the responsibility for the administration and operation of the hospital’s premises was undertaken by a national team. Today, KFSH&RC also referred to as General Organization (Gen. Org.), is a state-of-the-art Joint Commission International (JCI)-accredited tertiary care hospital, with integrated medical research and academic facilities.PersonnelKFSH&RC has over 18,000 employees, of 65 different nationalities.Medical and clinical statistics2015 data (Riyadh) Total number of Consultants: 720 Total # of beds: Riyadh: 1089 (Inpatient (ICU) Beds: 149 One-day Beds: 315) Inpatient days: 258,005 Outpatient encounters: 952,696 Laboratory tests: 12,899,525 Radiology procedures: 262,139 Total day procedures: 138,688 Patients accepted: List of protocol patients: over 7,000 Major surgery: 13,834