King Faisal Specialist Hospital
| King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre مستشفى الملك فيصل التخصصي ومركز الأبحاث |
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| Geography | |
| Location |
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 24°40′18″N 46°40′29″E / 24.67167°N 46.67472°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS |
| Funding | Government hospital |
| Hospital type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | Alfaisal University |
| Services | |
| Standards | JCAHO/JCI/CBAHI |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1589 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.kfshrc.edu.sa |
The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (Arabic: مستشفى الملك فيصل التخصصي ومركز الأبحاث) (KFSH&RC) is a 1589-bed tertiary/quaternary care and referral hospital based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the national referral center for oncology, organ transplantations, cardiac surgery, genetic diseases, and more.
KFSH&RC also maintains a facility in Jeddah.
Chief Executive Officer: Qasim Q. Al Qasabi, MD, FRCSI, FACS (since 2005)
KFSH&RC at a glance KFSH&RC was established in 1970 on a land donated by King Faisal Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud and was officially opened in 1975 by King Khaled Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud. From 1973 to 1985, the hospital was administered by the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). In 1985, following a Royal Decree, the contract with HCA ended, and the responsibility for the administration and operation of the hospital’s premises was undertaken by a national team. Today, KFSH&RC also referred to as General Organization (Gen. Org.), is a state-of-the-art Joint Commission International (JCI)-accredited tertiary care hospital, with integrated medical research and academic facilities.
KFSH&RC has over 18,000 employees, of 65 different nationalities.
2015 data (Riyadh)
KFSH&RC treats approximately 30% of the cancer cases in the Kingdom and 70% of all pediatric cancer cases
Total number of cancer cases treated as of 2013[update]: Approximately 70,000
Annual chemotherapy sessions(2015): 69,383
Annual Radiation therapy sessions(2015): 333,317
Clinical trials as members of major international cooperative groups.
The Organ Transplant Program has the largest Renal Transplant Program in the region and it is the only program heavily involved in the desensitization of Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) and blood group A, B, and O (ABO) incompatible kidney transplantation. The Organ Transplant Centre is the only centre in the region performing invasive donor hepatectomy. The total number of transplants conducted in 2015 was 919 which include 233 Bone Marrow, 182 Kidney, 124 Liver, 30 Heart, 20 Lung, 7 Pancreas, 176 Adult Stem Cell, and 147 Pediatric Stem Cell transplants.
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