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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 15:51
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Sheikh Khalifa Medical City receives International accreditation as chest pain centre
Abu Dhabi, July 13, 2009 (WAM) - Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) is accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centres as a cycle III Chest Pain Centre, a recognition accorded only to 12 hospitals in the world.
SKMC is owned and operated by SEHA, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, which is responsible for the curative activities of all the public hospitals and clinics in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The Society of Chest Pain Centres (SCPC) is a non-profit international society dedicated to the belief that heart disease can be eliminated as the number one cause of death worldwide. The Society's accreditation is recognized as internationally through which Chest Pain Centres are evaluated in order to ensure that these centres exceed quality-of-care measures based on improving the process of care for all patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain, says a press release issued today.
In its continuous pursuit of excellence in providing best international medical practices in cardiovascular healthcare delivery, the Cardiac Sciences Institute at SKMC was proudly recognized and accredited as a Cycle III Chest Pain Centre, an achievement bestowed on only a dozen hospitals in the world, all of which were in the US before SKMC's Accreditation.
The on-site evaluation of SKMC occurred on first week of June 2009 and was conducted by a team of international health care experts including cardiologists from the Society of Chest Pain Centres.
SKMC is owned and operated by SEHA, the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, which is responsible for the curative activities of all the public hospitals and clinics in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The Society of Chest Pain Centres (SCPC) is a non-profit international society dedicated to the belief that heart disease can be eliminated as the number one cause of death worldwide. The Society's accreditation is recognized as internationally through which Chest Pain Centres are evaluated in order to ensure that these centres exceed quality-of-care measures based on improving the process of care for all patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain, says a press release issued today.
In its continuous pursuit of excellence in providing best international medical practices in cardiovascular healthcare delivery, the Cardiac Sciences Institute at SKMC was proudly recognized and accredited as a Cycle III Chest Pain Centre, an achievement bestowed on only a dozen hospitals in the world, all of which were in the US before SKMC's Accreditation.
The on-site evaluation of SKMC occurred on first week of June 2009 and was conducted by a team of international health care experts including cardiologists from the Society of Chest Pain Centres.
