The establishment of comprehensive cardiac care centre

Abstract

Salman Abdulla Aldabbous Cardiac Centre in Aladan hospital was inaugurated in February 2010. Constructed with generous grant from Mr. Salman Abdulla Aldabbous, the centre was a progression for the cardiology division services at Aladan hospital which till then was part of the internal medicine department. The centre serves a population of 1.3 million in the Governorates of Ahmadi and Mubarak Alkabeer in the State of Kuwait. The centre includes of 20 bed coronary care unit, 40 beds for inpatients, 2 catheterization suites, 2 operating room suites and 3 bed cardiac surgical intensive care unit. Tremendous amount of work went into staffing it before and after its opening in 2010. Our vision was to equip it in a way to become a standalone centre of excellence in the country to be able to provide all types of cardiac services including diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures, electrophysiology procedures and cardiac surgery. This was a huge challenge that involved employing trained human resources from nurses, technicians and doctors as well as …