Al-Asad University Hospital

Al-Asad University Hospital (Arabic: مستشفى الأسد الجامعي) in Damascus is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Syria. It was founded in 1988 and is run by the Ministry of Higher Education. The hospital is affiliated with Damascus University.[1][2]

Al-Asad University Hospital
Syrian Ministry of Higher Education
Al Assad University Hospital
Geography
LocationDamascus, Syria
Coordinates33.505716°N 36.269635°E / 33.505716; 36.269635
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityDamascus University
Services
Beds645
SpecialityMultispecialty
History
Opened1988
Links
Websitewww.auhd.edu.sy
ListsHospitals in Syria

Facilities

The hospital has facilities for MRI and CT scan, a gamma camera and lithotripsy device. The operations ward contains 11 operation rooms suitable for laparoscopic and open heart surgery as well as computerized neurosurgery. Analyses performed by the hospital lab include hormonal, immune, tumor, pharmaceutical, and lymphatic tests/ It has a stem cell bank. The hospital provides medical, therapeutic and surgical services to patients. It is used to train students and graduate doctors from Syrian universities and contributes to scientific research. Hospital activities include internal specialties, including cardiac, neurological, gastrointestinal and kidney. It also performs general, endoscopic, vascular and cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and urosurgery. It has a kidney transplant unit and a physiotherapy unit.

The hospital contains 645 beds, 36 of which are for intensive care, and has a special emergency ward for internal diseases.[3] In the scientific research of faculty of medicine at Damascus University including Al-Asad University Hospital, there are improving of the oncology research.[4] The cancer and oncology research at faculty of medicine increases during Syrian crisis.

See also

References
  1. "Al Assad University Hospital". Al Assad University. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  2. "Article". AUHD. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  3. "Al Assad University Hospital". Damascus University. Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  4. Al-Raeei, Marwan; Al-Jabban, M Osama; Azmeh, Chadi; Al-Raeei, Amr (2023-12-01). "Bibliometrics study of the cancer research in the faculties of medicine and dentistry during Syrian crisis". Oral Oncology Reports. 8: 100105. doi:10.1016/j.oor.2023.100105. ISSN 2772-9060.


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