AGH Achievements Till 2016
LIST OF DEPARTMENTS AGH-HOFUF
October 29, 2020A “sample” Scope of Service of the Anesthesia Department
October 29, 2020Achievements
| 1949 | – | Shiekh Mohammed Abdullah Almana founded the first private medical center in the Saudi Arabia, initially providing Dental and Ophthalmic services. |
| 1956 | – | Saudi Aramco becomes the first corporate client. |
| 1960 | – | Converted Eye Clinics to an Eye Hospital. |
| 1963 | – | Almana Eye & Dental Hospital was established, heralding the first Saudi-owned and operative private hospital of Saudi Arabia. |
| 1979 | – | Completion of main hospital building at Al-Khobar. Expansion includes all medical and surgical specialties. |
| 1980 | – | New Almana Dental Center opens in Al-Khobar. |
| 1987 | – | New inpatient building opens at Al-Khobar Hospital. |
| 1988 | – | First Dental Laser services are introduced in the region. |
| 1989 | – | First CT scan of the Eastern Province was mounted in Almana General Hospital. |
| 1990 | – | Dammam Hospital is acquired by AGH. |
| 1991 | – | First Vitro Fertilization Unit of the Eastern Province was inaugurated in Almana General Hospital Dammam. |
| 1993 | – | Excimer Laser eye treatment introduced. |
| 1995 | – | First MRI of the Eastern Province was introduced in Almana General Hospital. |
| 1995 | – | Continuous expansion of AGH adds a new outpatient building in Al-Khobar Almana Hospital. |
| 1996 | – | To serve people of Jubail, new Almana General Hospital Jubail was inaugurated. |
| 1996 | – | First private medical training center Almana Training Center (ATC) was lunched. |
| 1996 | – | Geriatric Unit was opened. |
| 1996 | – | Wellness Clinic, Weight Control Center and Speech Therapy Clinic initiated. |
| 1998 | – | Introducing for the first time in the Eastern Provence laser treatment for dermatology and cosmetic surgery. |
| 1999 | – | Dammam Second Industrial City Dispensary opens. |
| 2000 | – | Almana General Hospital extended to Al-Hafof. Opening of new General Hospital toke place in the city of Hofuf. |
| 2003 | – | Nuclear Medicine was introduced in Radiology department. |
| 2012 | – | Opening of Almana CosmoDerma Center in Dammam. |
| 2012 | – | Opening of Almana Medical Center in Jubail Industrial city. |
| 2012 | – | Extension of PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) in AGH-Khobar. |
| 2012 | – | First MRI (Philips INGENIA) to be installed in Middle East at Almana General Hospital – Dammam. |
| 2013 | – | Opening of new Cath. Lab in AGH-Khobar. |
| 2013 | – | Opening of new Hemodialysis Department in AGH-Khobar. |
| 2015 | – | Opening of Almana Medical Tower in Khobar city. |
| 2015 | – | Opening of VIP suites in AGH-Khobar. |
| 2016 | – | Opening of Bariatric Centre in AGH-Khobar. |
| 2016 | – | Opening of Care Centre in AGH-Kobar. |
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To serve the healthcare needs of the region by giving comprehensive care to prevent and treat illness, to provide advanced procedures and modern technology combined with the traditions of caring and compassion.
