New departments open at Shaikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital

Ras Al Khaimah - Orthopedics, ENT and ophthalmology departments opened at Shaikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah.

The Shaikh Khalifa Specialty Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah has opened orthopedics, ENT and ophthalmology departments.
The hospital has also purchased advanced testing equipment including the one for DNA testing, according to Dr Myung-Whun Sung, CEO of the hospital.
"The Hospital, committed to achieving patients' need also opens new departments, provides modern services and supports the services of its three excellence centres: cardiovascular, neurology and oncology."
Official figures show that the Hospital received 22,000 patients in the outpatient clinics and emergency department during the first half of the year.
"There is a significant rise in the number of patients at the outpatient sections and emergency departments since the beginning of the year," he said.
The number of outpatients has enormously increased from 4,300 in last year to 13,625 over the same period this year, he added.
"The emergency section opened in the second half of last year has received 8,680 patients this year so far whereas 1,168 patients were hospitalised from January to June this year as compared to 435 last year."
Up to 400 complicated surgeries were performed in comparison to 100 in the first half of last year, he said, attributing the rise to the high standards in the hospital.
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