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King Saud Medical City

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name[King Saud Medical City](https://www.ksmc.med.sa/)
مدينة الملك سعود الطبية
org_groupMinistry of Health
image_altKing Saudi Medical City
caption[Kind Saud Medical City - مدينة الملك سعود الطبية](https://www.ksmc.med.sa/)
locationRiyadh
regionAl Riyadh
stateAr Riyadh
countrySaudi Arabia
coordinates
healthcarePublic
fundingGovernment
typeDistrict General, Teaching
specialtyMulti specialty hospital with specialties and sub-specialties ranging from Emergency room services, general medicine, general surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery and burns unit, respiratory diseases, gastroenterology, immunology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, dental services (oral surgery, pedodontics, endodontics, orthodontics),neurosurgery, neurology, bariatric surgery almost all major subspecialties in pediatrics and many more.
standardsAccreditation from International Joint Commission (JCI) obtained on 22 Jan 2013
emergencyLevel I Trauma Center
affiliation- King Saud University
- Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University
- Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University
- Dar Al Uloom University
beds1500
founded13 Oct 1956
website

مدينة الملك سعود الطبية

  • Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University
  • Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University
  • Dar Al Uloom University

King Saud Medical City (KSMC), also known as Shemaisi Hospital, is a large public district general hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1956 and is one of the largest tertiary care centers in Saudi Arabia, with a total bed capacity of 1,500 including 200 ICU beds. The 102-bed emergency department is the busiest in the country, and the hospital serves as the largest referral center in Saudi Arabia for Orthopedic surgery, Trauma surgery and Neurosurgery. It is part of the first health cluster in the city of Riyadh, and currently employs 9,200 healthcare personnel. The hospital has a high patient turnover, both outpatient and inpatient, and conducted over 20,000 surgical procedures in 2019 alone.

KSMC is also one of the largest medical education, training and research centers in Saudi Arabia, with postgraduate residency and specialist training programs in medicine and surgical subspecialties as well as multiple medical school affiliations.

The medical complex itself houses the General Hospital, as well as the Pediatric Hospital, Maternity Hospital, Dental Center and the King Fahad Charity Kidney Center. KSMC's core competencies are Emergency Care, Trauma, Orthopedics, Burn Care, Bariatric Surgery, Dental Care and Critical Care.

History

Founded in 1956, KSMC is the oldest medical city in the Kingdom. It was inaugurated by King Saud bin Abdulaziz as the King Saud Medical Complex, and was at the time a 500-bed facility housing an emergency department and divisions in orthopedics, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and a radiology department, along with a laboratory, pharmacy, and immunization department. The original building remains as the general hospital, and newer buildings include the Medical Towers 1 and 2, the Regional Laboratory, and the Academic Tower.

The first modern intensive care unit (ICU) in Saudi Arabia was set up in KSMC, and the hospital currently has one of the most highly specialized intensive care units in the region. KSMC's ICU is considered one of the largest in the world.

In 2010, its name was officially changed from King Saud Medical Complex to King Saud Medical City.

In 2020, the hospital launched a digital operating theater incorporating interventional radiology and robotic surgery.

In 2025, KSMC was ranked 113th globally in the Brand Finance ranking of the top 250 academic medical centers.

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