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About King's College Hospital London - Jeddah

King’s College Hospital Jeddah is a unique and unparalleled extension of King’s College Hospital London. Our Jeddah hospital is designed to provide a range of complex and critical care requirements to our communities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Our Vision

To be the most trusted destination for high quality healthcare in the region by providing the best possible clinical outcomes to British standards and a great patient experience

Our Mission

To serve our community by empowering our team to earn the trust of our patients and their families with King’s outstanding, compassionate and personalized care

King’s By Numbers

1840

Year Founded

800+

Research Studies

1600+

Number of Beds

6,000+

Liver Transplant (Total)

13,500+

No. of Staff

19,000+

Participants in Research Studies

30,000+

Bone Marrow Transplant

90,000+

In-Patient Admissions

500,000+

Out-Patient Cases

83

Operations performed

174

Patients admitted to hospital.

784

People in our emergency departments and walk-in centres.

Our History

  • 1877

    The pioneer of aseptic surgery, Joseph Lister, performed the world’s first major elective surgery under strict antiseptic conditions.

  • 1921

    Percy Lane Oliver established the world’s first voluntary blood donor service from King’s College Hospital.

  • 1966

    King’s established one of the first liver units in the UK & Prof. Williams along with Prof. Calne performed the first liver transplants in the UK.

  • 1973

    The world’s first Endomyocardial Biopsy was performed at King’s College Hospital.

  • 1986

    The world’s first bone marrow transplant was performed at King’s College Hospital.

  • 1995

    The UK’s first motor Neurone Disease Care & Research Centre Biopsy was performed at King’s College Hospital.

  • 2005

    The UK’s first clinically successful Islet Transplantation in a type 1 Diabetes patient.

  • 2008

    The UK’s first Epimacular Brachytherapy was performed at King’s College Hospital.

  • 2010

    The world’s first Palliative Care was opened and the world’s first patient to have a heart operation was a 6-year old boy.

  • 2018

    King’s has become the UK’s first hospital to perform Fetoscopy on babies with Spina Bifida in Utero.

  • 2018

    King’s performed Europe’s first combined liver and bowl transplant from a live donor.

  • 2018

    King’s launches CAR-T therapy to treat adult patients with lymphoma

  • 2019

    King’s became the first in Europe to implant a new generation brain stimulation device to treat Epileptic Serizures.

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