Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Geography
Location	Sowwah Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Organisation
Care system	Joint-venture between Mubadala and Cleveland Clinic
Services
Beds	364
Links
Website	www.clevelandclinicabudhabi.ae
Lists	Hospitals in United Arab Emirates
Other links	List of hospitals in the United Arab Emirates

The Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (كليفلاند كلينك أبو ظبي, part of Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA) is a multi specialty medical center located in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

History

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi is the result of a partnership agreement signed in 2006 between Mubadala Development Company and Cleveland Clinic.

The Clinic is under construction and scheduled to open in early 2015.^[1] This 364 (expandable to 490) bed facility will be an extension of the Cleveland Clinic model of care, offering a range of tertiary/ quaternary medical services. After completion, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will be one of the largest medical centers in the middle east. Documents filed at the Korean stockmarket by joint venture partner Samsung C&T Corporation stated that its contract at the hospital, which was initially due to open in March last year, has been extended once more to 9 April.

The joint venture Six Construct (which has a 60% share of the contract) and Samsung C&T (40%) was initially awarded a three-year deal to build the hospital in 2010, but in a statement, the company announced its third contract extension within the past 12 months. The value of the award has also increased from AED4.7bn ($1.3bn) to AED5.65bn ($1.54bn).

Facilities

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi will house five clinic floors, three diagnostic and treatment levels and thirteen floors of critical and acute inpatient units totaling 364 beds. Additional space has been incorporated for operational and support departments, retailers, a conference center and a clinical simulation center.

The new hospital was designed by HDR, Inc., a US-based architecture firm with an office in Abu Dhabi.^[2] Designers drew inspiration for the hospital’s configuration from ancient Middle Eastern towns, many having numerous alleyways and courtyards that encouraged travel between various locales. As a result, the hospital was arranged as stacked blocks, bridges and walkways connecting them. Each block accommodates a use that correlates with the Cleveland Clinic’s focus on the continuum of care, a concept for integrating and providing care at all levels. The three largest blocks will house the outpatient clinics, the diagnostic and treatment center, and the patient tower.

In addition to the three main blocks, the hospital has an administrative wing — designed to be converted into additional patient rooms at a later date — and a wing dedicated to the intensive care unit (ICU). Rectangular in shape, these two blocks cantilever toward the east and west beyond the outpatient clinics and diagnostic and treatment center below. While the ICU block has a staircase core connecting it to the ground, the administrative block is a true cantilever, extending approximately 60 ft beyond the lower structures, toward the sea. Rising above the ICU and administrative block, the patient tower is oriented so that its longer sides face east and west to allow for unobstructed views of the sea and natural daylight to penetrate the structure.^[3] The final block on the campus is a glass-clad structure known as the gallery. Located along the waterfront, this block will serve as a hospitality center with amenities for patients and the many family members who customarily accompany them.

The hospital is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification, as well as a Four Pearl rating from the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council’s Estidama Pearl rating system.

See also

• List of hospitals in the United Arab Emirates

References

External links

• Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi website

Coordinates: 24°28′13″N 54°21′55″E / 24.47028°N 54.36528°E / 24.47028; 54.36528