 GENERAL
INFORMATION
The Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) provides health
care of the National Guard forces, their dependents, civilian employees
and their dependents.
SANG hospitals are located in the three major population centers:
Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dhahran/Dammam. SANG hospitals employ approximately
40% Western qualified medical staff and are operated to Western
standards. The hospitals provide mainly primary care, but offer
tertiary care services as well. These hospitals are fully equipped
with highly sophisticated technology. They perform major surgeries
and operate under JCAHO standards.
Employment contracts are for either one or two years, at the employee's
option, and are very often renewable.
The standard work week in Saudi Arabia is 48 hours. The number
of hours in a shift vary somewhat from department to department
but generally do not exceed 10 hours. The standard work week is
Saturday through Wednesday.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not have an income tax. Therefore,
not taxes are deducted from an employee's paycheck. The U.S. Internal
revenue Service can provide information concerning income tax liability
while living outside the United States.
LOCATION AND SIZE
The King Fahad Hospital is considered a flagship facility in the
Middle East. It is located east of Riyadh (just off the highway)
approximately 25 kilometers from the city center and is easily accessible
to the general population as well as to accident victims requiring
immediate emergency care. The hospital project includes two Medical
Cities which provide housing and support for the hospital staff.
The hospital will eventually consist of a 600 bed acute and tertiary
medical care center providing health care service to SANG employees
and their dependents. At the present time, approximately 525 beds
are in active use.
The services of the hospital are at a high level of professional
standards as defined by the standards of the United States Joint
Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)
and the Hospital Operation Standards. SANG requires that the quality
of services rendered and the general operating standards of the
hospital project continue to meet JCAHO standards and the Hospital
Operations Standards.
In addition to providing excellent care for patients, the SANG
hospital trains appropriately education Saudi nationals for administrative,
professional and technical positions.
MEDICAL SERVICES
The hospital project contains facilities for a full range of acute,
tertiary, secondary and primary patient care services for both inpatients
and outpatients.
Surgical services account for approximately half of the total
number of beds, and include general surgery, renal, kidney transplants,
neurosurgery, ophthalmology, ENT, Orthopaedics and Oral Surgery.
Other services include a very active Maternal-Child department,
ICU, Haemodialysis, Short-Stay surgery, Burn Unit and Cardiac Cath.
Lab.
Inpatient nursing units are in general 25 to 30 beds each. Due
to the single story arrangement, nursing units are clustered around
a series of courtyards, each of which has been attractively landscaped.
The hospital has twelve primary and one secondary clinics which
are located in the Air National Guard housing city approximately
10 kilometers south of the hospital.
RECREATION SERVICES FOR EMPLOYEES
Staff recreation services offer a variety of leisure time activities
for project employees and their families. Facilities available for
use include: An Olympic size swimming pool, an indoor gymnasium
and weight room, 14 tennis courts, 8 basketball courts, 6 volleyball
courts, 1 squash court, a jogging circuit and a BMX bicycle track.
A variety of leisure time activities is also available for project
employees and their families.
Activities include:
- Athletics: A variety of instruction programs are available in
swimming, basketball, badminton, fitness, karate, soccer, tennis
and volleyball, as well as organized athletic competition.
- Games: The games area consists of pool, snooker, table tennis,
shuffleboard, air hockey, football, bridge, darts and assorted
table games.
- Libraries: There are two libraries for use by project employees:
a book library and a video library (Betamax only).
- Arts & Crafts: Arts & Crafts include sewing instruction, calligraphy,
drawing as well as other special projects daily.
- Special Events: Desert trips, city tours, museum trips, in-kingdom
trips to other cities, lectures, cookouts, contests and movies.
TRANSPORTATION
Shuttle buses operate at 10-15 minutes intervals between housing
projects and the hospital. During change of shift hours buses run
approximately every 5 minutes for continuous service.
There are several shopping buses to the city of Riyadh each day.
School children are transported to and fro school each day. In
addition to regular school hours, transportation is provided from
school to home for children who are involved in extra curricular
activities.
SANG has subcontracted with a limousine service to provide employees
with transportation that cannot otherwise be provided. The service
is available at a very low cost per kilometer and has cars/mini
buses available for individual employees.
HOUSING
Some photos of typical housing
Known for its spacious and high quality housing, employees at KFH
(and their dependents if applicable) will be assigned to one of
two housing projects: Medical City or Medical City Extension. Both
housing projects have comparable facilities and are but a few minutes
drive (some employees even walk) from the hospital Medical City
is wired for 110 volts. Medical City Extension is wired for both
110 and 220.
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