• Hospital Area - 57,965 m2
• Parking Under Ground Level - 7,800 m2
• Inspection and Plants Area - 23,400 m2

In addition to Parking Ground Level of 6,740 m2 and an Outside Greenery Area (landscape) of 47,685 m2

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital investment figures as per the consultant report are estimated at around 950,000,000 AED excluding the biomedical equipment and furniture.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital shall be built in 2 Phases. Phase 1 shall involve excavations and piling and commenced officially today June 30th and Phase 2 shall incorporate the construction of the entire hospital building.

• Emergency Department 50,370 Patients/Year
• Day Hospital Treatment Unit 5,720 Patients/Year
• Dialysis Unit 3,120 Patients/Year
• Out Patient Department 96,720 Patient/Year
• TOTAL OUTPATIENT/AMBULATORY 155,930 Patients
• Adolescent Unit 1,298 Patients/Year
• Heart Center 1,298 Patients/Year
• Medical Surgical Units (4 Units) 5,191 Patients/Year
• Mental Health Unit 261 Patients/Year
• Oncology/Cancer Unit 1,074 Patients/Year
• Rehabilitation Unit 209 Patients/Year
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – NICU
• Level III Cases 503 Patients/Year
• Pediatric Intensive Care Unit – PICU
• Including Coronary Care Unit and Burn Unit 1,501 Patients/Year
• Nephrology Unit 403 Patients/Year
• TOTAL INPATIENT 11,738 Patients/Year
• Predicted Average Length Of Stay 6.2 Days
• Predicted Number of Operations 7,710 Operations/Year
• Day Care Surgery 6,240 Day Surgery/Year
• Predicted Imaging & Radiology
  Investigations and Studies 44,230 Study+Investigation/Year
• Predicted Laboratory Studies 224,900 Tests/Year

The contractor assigned for fencing, shoring, excavation and piling is A.P.C.C. While the Main Contractor for the hospital shall be selected and assigned during September 2009.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital workforce shall comprise of more than 1,000 Health Care Professional. This workforce is expected to be hired and assigned prior to the commencement of the hospital operation.

The Energy Saving strategies for Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital building have been treated using different constructive solutions that allows sensible reductions in the global energy consumption. Mainly, the active wall facade system using the HVAC aspiration system creates an internal flow inside the cell facade maintaining the room temperature and comfort stable during the day reducing major cost for energy generation, especially considering the temperature average in the Region.

Gardens in the terraces and in the top roof will provide great sun insulation with the added value of pleasant areas for inpatients and staff outdoor activities.

More than 5,000 m2 of solar panels located in the roof of the hospital and covering the parking places, will provide enough energy to satisfy the autonomy of certain systems of the building. In addition, the water treatment concept will provide also the possibility to reduce the general need reusing the water for other purposes like toilets reuse or irrigation.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital will have a dedicated Helipad, as shown in the General Master Plan that is located in the east part of the external gardens and directly connected with the Emergency Department to accommodate any type of pediatric emergencies excluding Road Traffic Accidents.

The children are intended as unique and individuals with their own specialized needs. The Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital creates for them a kid and family size place in a safety environment, encouraging the family support, stimulating children senses and constant education.

This statement is firmly supported by the "single room concept" where the children and their families can preserve the necessary privacy and have enough space for their needs.

Playing as a way of pain reduction is essential for emotive, stress and anxiety control using innovative interactive technologies. The "single room concept" provides also an internal and dedicated child play area allowing them to feel "at home" while their parents do their normal life sitting beside the child.

This concept allows the families to be involved in the treatment of their children since the main concept of the hospital is based on “Child Friendly and Family Oriented Hospital”.

Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital design approach accomplishes the principle of a horizontal model, allowing a strong integration between services and wards units. In addition, a wide and flexible structure permits changes and expandability in the future and therefore to satisfy evolving medical needs.

This concept will allow the hospital to shift, expand and modify its services as demanded. Moreover, the hospital is expected at a later stage to be able to accommodate 500 beds and this can be achieved through this concept without affecting the flow of work.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital shall have around 250 doctors covering all the pediatric disciplines in addition to the medical students, medical residents and researchers who shall be trained within the hospital since Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital shall be teaching hospital

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital at this stage does not have a full time faculty however, there is a Scientific Board assigned to guide the designing and planning of the hospital. The Scientific Board Members comprise of:

• Sir Magdi Yacoub – Prominent Heart Transplant Surgeon, UK
• Dr. Franco Zacchello – Prof. of Paediatric, University of Padova, Italy
• Dr. Alessandro Frigiola – Cardiac Surgeon, San Donato Clinic, Italy

Moreover, Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital has a team of health care consultants who are lending their expertise in developing the clinical and medical requirements of the hospital

• Michel Slim, MD, FACS, FAAP - Prof. Emeritus, Surg. & Ped. Paediatric Surgeon, USA
• Samasundaram Jayabose, MD - Paediatric Oncologist, USA;
• Arlene V. Asgard, RN, MSN - Paediatric Nurse/Consultant, USA
• R. Stephen Bolshazy, FHFI - Healthcare Facility Planning & Medical Equipment Consultant, USA.
• Salah Fakhouri, MPH - CEO Health Management, Member of INDEX Holding, UAE

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital shall have a Child Life Department that helps prepare children for medical treatments and procedures using special teaching tools, dolls and medical equipment. In addition there are school rooms/class rooms that offers educational instruction and support to the long term patients.

Also, Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital has a Family Resource Center that offers support to parents, siblings and the rest of the family equipped with a library where families can have access to information about various illnesses of children and modalities of treatment.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital shall be provided by an Auditorium that can accommodate 370 people fully equipped with the latest audio visual technologies and the theatre is capable of hosting events from the community in addition to being a facility to conduct Conferences, Congresses, Seminars and Workshops.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital has more than 20 training rooms to meet the needs to training and continuous education for the hospital staff, patients, families and the community.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital has a comprehensive Emergency Department with 5 Treatment Rooms of which 2 are Major Treatment Rooms fully equipped to handle all types of Emergencies except Road Traffic Accidents that shall continue to be treated at Rashid Hospital. In addition there are 14 Examination Rooms and 3 Isolation Rooms dedicated for treating infectious cases. The Emergency Department shall receive cases by Ambulance, Helicopters and by their transportation. The predicted number of cases per year is 50,350 Cases/Year.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital comprise of Four Centers of Excellence:

• Heart Centre
• Neurosurgery Centre
• Cancer Centre
• Mental Health Centre

• Neurosurgery
• Nephrology and Kidney Dialysis
• Pulmonology
• Endocrinology
• Developmental Paediatrics
• Gastroenterology
• Allergy & Immunology
• Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• ENT
• Orthopaedic
• Dermatology
• Dental
• Infectious Diseases

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital shall be performing specialized heart surgeries including heart and lung transplant, kidney transplant and other transplant surgeries, in addition to advanced neurological surgeries, and advanced surgical procedures to remove cancer tumours, Bone Marrow Transplant and Blood Cell Transplantation.

Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital shall be performing advanced surgical procedures such as: Atrial Septal Defect Repair, AV Canals, Cardio-Pulmonary Bypass, Croablation (to correct rapid heart rhythm), Fontan procedure (final operation done to repair tricuspid atresia), Robotic Surgery to repair some congenital heart defects, including Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) and vascular ring, Ross Procedure for aortic valve failure and Heart transplant. Also, the hospital shall be conducting Mohs Micrographic Controlled Surgery, Bariatric procedures, including laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), and cerebrovascular surgeries as well as Urology and Kidney Transplant.