A statistic issued by King Saud Hospital in Unayzah, one of the components of the Qassim Health Cluster, revealed that the total number of recorded visits to the emergency department during the past year 2023 reached 132,180 visits. The emergency department provides services to patients in various departments, reported Saudi Press Agency.
Breakdown of Number of Visits to Each Department
The cluster mentioned that the hospital’s annual statistic showed that the emergency department received 76,218 male and female visitors. Moreover, the number of beneficiaries from adult monitoring services was 16,947.
The number of visitors to the endoscopy unit was 33, and the number of visits to the women’s examination clinic was 262.
The cluster added that 754 individuals visited the women’s convalescence department, while the gynecological emergencies received 9,217 cases. Emergency isolation services benefited 3,203 cases.
The number of visitors to the men’s emergency department was 1,269 visitors.
‘The number of beneficiaries from the men’s convalescence unit was 2,329 beneficiaries, while the number of pediatric emergency cases received by the hospital was 15,099 cases. Respiratory services were provided to 27 beneficiaries, while the number of resuscitation visitors was 4,942 visitors, and there were 1,880 other cases that benefited from the hospital’s emergency services,” said the cluster.
Al-Qurayyat General Hospital
Al-Qurayyat General Hospital, one of the components of Al-Jouf Health Cluster, completed more than 9,465 surgical operations until the end of the third quarter (January-September). Distributed among the various departments in the hospital, the operations took place over 9 months of 2023.
Ranking of Departments
The Al-Jouf Health Cluster explained that operations in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department ranked first in terms of the number of operations performed by Al-Qurayyat General Hospital. Operations in this department amounted to 4,934 operations between natural childbirths and cesarean sections. In second place came operations in the one-day surgery department with 2,854 operations. In addition, emergency operations reached 1,812 operations.
Breakdown of the Operations
It stated that the number of specific operations at the General Hospital reached 753 operations during the same period. Gastric sleeve operations amounted to 73 operations, while interventional vascular surgery amounted to 14 operations. As for knee arthroscopy operations, it reached 12 operations, in addition to 5 operations to replace bipolar hip joints. There were 303 cases of cardiac catheterization, in addition to 26 surgical procedures for cardiac surgery. Moreover the hospital performed 311 gastrointestinal endoscopy operations, and 9 cases of Peritone catheter installation.
The cluster pointed out that the hospital performed 1,638 operations in other specialties during the same period. Therefore, the total total of surgical operations performed by the hospital until the end of the third quarter of this year is 9,465 operations.
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