Qurayyat or Gurayat (Arabic: القريات) is a city located in Al Jawf Province, north of Saudi Arabia. There is a domestic airport 5 km away from the city. It is a small city but has a very big market. It is located 30 km from border of Jordan. It is known as a city of olive and salt.
Hospitals
There are two main hospitals in Gurayat- Gurayat general hospital(GGH)and King Faisal Hospital(KFH)
Gurayat General Hospital(GGH)
Gurayat General Hospital is 240 bedded secondary referral center with a catchment area of almost 400 km area with referrals from seven district general hospital, each comprising 50 beds, and many primary health centres.It has almost all branches of surgery,namely, general surgery with minimal access surgical facilities,neurosurgery,urology,paediatric surgery, orthopaedics, ENT,Maxillo-facial, Ophthalmology with a very busy A & E department, led by a general surgeon, two specialists and 14 residents,having fully equipped resuscitation room,with 5 beds,triage areas,observation rooms, cubicles,plaster and minor surgery procedure rooms-clean and dirty,Ob Er, peadia ER,total number of beds in ER is 27.This hospitals receives emergency referrals for general surgery, neurosurgery,pediatric surgery, urology and other specialties on daily basis.As the number of population is increased in this area, as is the number of attendants in A & E, last year being just above 100,000.A & E is just next to fully equipped radiology department, having two emergency X-rays for male and female patients respectively,with emergency facilityies for helical CT scans(which are two in number),and MRI,portable US,covered by radiologists on call. A& E is backed up by 20 bedded fully equipped ICU, with a resident and specialist on duty round the clock, and PICU, NICU.We have a separate burn unit where major burns are treated.
Doctors in GGH
Mr. Ahmed Al Ali, Regional Director, Dr.Abdul Karim Khilawi, MRCS I ,Hospital Director, DR.Adnan Salhab Fachhartz,(Medical Director), Dr.Maher,Fachartz,Head of Surgery, Dr.Abdur Rahman,FRCS Ed,Consultant Surgeon.
Airports Main page Gurayat Domestic Airport
The city has a domestic airport (IATA: URY, ICAO: OEGT) about 10 km from the city center.It operates Saudi Arabia's main Airline Saudi Arabian Airlines with two current destinations Riyadh, Jeddah, Tabuk. The nearest airport is Turaif Airport.
Other Transport Facilities
Other Trasport include the main bus facilities SAPTCO and other Syrian and Jordanian buses.
There is also a new proposed railway facility going under construction,main page Saudi Railway Organization. Which links between hadithah, saudi and the capital city, Riyadh.
Schools.
There are many Arabic schools in Gurayat but the only English IGCSE school is in sakakah, Al Jouf international school and the nearest university is Al Jouf university.
Links- Al Jouf School- www.aljoufinternationalschools.com
SAPTCO- saptco.com.sa
Saudi Railway- Saudi Railways Organization
Al Jouf Uniersity- www.ju.edu.sa/Pages/default.aspx