Almost 4 million patients treated in Abu Dhabi in 2014

The number includes patients admitted in hospital for treatment, patients who received treatment and then left the hospital on the same day and patients who were admitted to emergency rooms and who stayed to receive treatment.

ABU DHABI // About 4 million patients were treated in seven hospitals in the emirate last year, according to a report by the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company.

The number includes patients admitted in hospital for treatment, patients who received treatment and then left the hospital on the same day, patients who were admitted to emergency rooms and who stayed to receive treatment, and those who left the emergency room on the same day.

It also includes the number of babies born in these hospitals last year.

Tawam Hospital in Al Ain received 855,780 patients, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi treated 781,561 patients, Al Ain Hospital helped 644,363 patients, Al Gharbiya Hospital received 580,628 patients, Al Mafraq Hospital saw 565,155 patients, Al Rahba Hospital received 247,369 patients and Corniche Hospital received 242,967 patients, reported Al Ittihad, the Arabic language sister paper of The National.

The total number of babies born in hospitals – excluding Sheikh Khalifa Medical City – was 18,851.

The increase in the number of patients was attributed to the rise in the emirate’s population.

The figures revealed that the number of patients who visited emergency rooms reached 56,673.

The report said the number of patients who signed in to hospitals in the emirate reached 109,473, while the number of patients who have received treatment and left the hospital on the same day reached 1.489 million.

The hospital bed occupancy rate in Seha/government hospitals reached 64 per cent, whereas the number of beds was 2,503.