From Riyadh Newspaper

قلصت جهود الجمعية الخيرية لمكافحة التدخين مساحة الخطر الذي يمكن ان يشكله التدخين عند كثير من متعاطيه.. مسجلة بذلك رقماً قياسيا تجاوز ثمانية آلاف مقلع عن التدخين خلال العام الماضي 1428ه. الجمعية التي استقبلت خلال عام (1428ه) 12630مراجعاً تمكنت الجهود العلاجية من انقاذ معظمهم من مخاطر التدخين.
التقرير السنوي الذي اصدرته الجمعية أوضح ان الفئة العمرية بين ( 26- 40) سنة النسبة الأعلى بين المقلعين حيث مثلت 47% منهم تلاها الفئة العمرية ( 13- 25) سنة حيث بلغ عدد المقلعين فيها (4884) بنسبة 39%. وكشف للتقرير ان 78% من المدخنين كان دافعهم للتدخين الأصدقاء و88% منهم يتعاطون السجائر و7% يتعاطون الشيشة و4% يتعاطونها كليهما بينما يتعاطى 2% أنواع أخرى، وبلغ عدد الذين يتعاط! ون أكثر من 30سيجارة في اليوم (2936) مدخناً بنسبة 24% بينما يتعاطى معظم المدخنين ما بين ( 11- 20) سيجارة في اليوم. ومن ناحية الاصابات المرضية فقد تصدر التهاب الشعب الهوائية المزمن قائمة الأمراض التي تصيب المدخنين بنسبة 49% حيث بلغ عددهم (6208) بينما بلغ المصابون بأمراض القلب والضغط (1310) مدخنين بنسبة 10% و 980منهم مصابون بمرض التمدد الرئوي (الانفزيما) و25% فقط بدون أمراض أي ان عدد المدخنين المرضى بلغ (9456) مصاباً. وأوضح أمين عام الجمعية بأن نتائج تقرير 1428ه تعتبر قياسية إذا ما قارناها بالأعوام الماضية مشيراً في هذا الصدد إلى ان حملة الرياض بلا تدخين التي أطلقتها الجمعية بالتعاون مع مؤسسة سليمان الراجحي الخيرية ساهمت بقوة في جذب العديد من المدخنين الباحثين عن العلاج بفضل الله ثم الحملات التوعوية والدعائية التي نظمتها الجمعية اضافة إلى الجهود التي بذلها العاملون في الجمعية بمختلف الفروع ومشرفو الحملة. قال الصبي: نتطلع إلى المزيد في ظل الخطط التوسعية للجمعية التي وجه بها صاحب السمو الملكي الأمير سطام بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود الرئيس الفخري للجمعية والتي أشار إليها خلال اجتماع سموه الأخير بأعضاء مجلس الادارة حيث قال سموه: يجب ان نضاعف جهودنا لنكون في طموح وتطلعات الدولة بقيادة خادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك عبدالله بن عبدالعزيز والذي توج مؤخراً بدرع وجائزة منظمة الصحة العالمية لمكافحة التبغ للعام (2007). وتمنى الصبي ان يشهد العام الجديد اقبالاً كبيراً على برامج الاقلاع مشيراً إلى ان الجمعية تقدم خدماتها في المملكة عبر عدة فروع في الخبر والخرج وحائل ولديها أربعة مراكز في الرياض بالاضافة للعيادات المتنقلة داعياً الراغبين في الاقلاع إلى زيارة فروع الجمعية أو الاتصال على الرقم
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Lists of Hospital in Saudi Arabia

This is a list of hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
Central region:
Obeid Specialized Hospital, Farazdaq St, Al- Malaz - Riyadh
Al Hammady Hospital - Riyadh
Al Mashary Hospital - Riyadh
Al Mowasat Hospital - Riyadh
Al Shumaisi government hospital - Riyadh
Armed Force Hospital - Riyadh
Al Yamama Hospital - Riyadh
Dallah Hospital - Riyadh
Green Crescent Hospital - Riyadh
Habib Medical Center - Riyadh
Home Doctor G.C.H.S. - Riyadh
Military Hospital in Kharj - Riyadh
Specialized Medical Center - Riyadh
Saudi German Hospital - Riyadh
King Faisal Hospital - Taif
King Abdulaziz Medical City - Riyadh
King Abdulaziz University Hospital - Riyadh
King Fahad Hospital - Riyadh
King Fahad Medical City - Riyadh
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre - Riyadh
King Khalid Eye Specialist Hospital - Riyadh
King Khalid University Hospital - Riyadh
Kingdom Hospital - Riyadh
Riyadh Care Hospital - Riyadh
Riyadh Central Hospital - Riyadh
Riyadh National Hospital - Riyadh
Security Forces Hospital - Riyadh
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Eastern region:
Al Ahmadi - Dammam
Al Amal Complex for Mental Health - Dammam
Al Dossary Hospital - Khobar
Al Dukair - Dammam
Al Jazira Clinic - Khobar
Al Khaleej Hospital - Khobar
Al Khobar Hospital - Khobar
Al Mana - Khobar
Al Mana General- Dammam
Al Mouwasat General- Dammam
Al Rawdah - Dammam
Al Yousif- Khobar
Assalama Hospital - Khobar
Assaleh Med. Center - Khobar
Chest Hospital - Dammam
Dammam Central - Dammam
Dammam National - Dammam
Dar Al Shifa - Dammam
Dhahran Speciality Clinics - speciality clinics in one large building - Dhahran
Dhahran Health Center - out-patient - Dhahran
Doha Health Center - Dhahran
Dr. Fakry Hospital - Khobar
Dr. Ghazzawi Polyclinic - Khobar
Dulaijan Female Center - Khobar
General Security Hospital - Dammam
Gulf Medical Center - Khobar
King Fahad - Khobar
Khobar Coop Clinic - Khobar
Najd & Hijaz - Dammam
Maternity Children - [[Dammam] ]http://www.pediatricsclub.mch.5u.com/
Saudi Aramco Health Maintenance Organization - largest hospital, in-patient - Dhahran
Saudi Aramco Cancer Treatment Center - Dhahran in-camp.
Medical Diagnostic & Treatment Center - Dhahran
Saad Specialist Hospital - Khobar
Qatif Central Hospital - Qatif
Anaak Hospital - Qatif
Al Mouwasat General - Qatif
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Other regions:
Asir Hospital- Abha
Abha General Hospital- Abha
Military city Hospital- khamis Mushait
Mohail Asir Hospital- Mohail Asir
Abha private Hospital- Abha
The Saudi German Hospital- Abha
Mercy Hospital- Abha
Abha Private Hospital- Abha
Qatif central hospital-Qatif
Saudi Aramco Clinics and General Hospital - Ras Tanura
AlMagrebi Hospital- Jeddah
Bugshan Hospital- Jeddah
International Medical Center, One of the most beautiful and advanced hospitals of Gulf Jeddah
Dr. Daghistani Hospital- Jeddah
Jeddah Clinic Hospital, Kandarah- Jeddah
Dr. M.Erfan Hospital- Jeddah
Dr. Suleiman Fakeeh Hospital- Jeddah
King abdulaziz University Hospital- Jeddah
King Fahad Hospital (Ministry of Health) 800 bed tertiary care hospital offering all specialities except PAEDS, OBS&GYN, OPHTH, &PSYCHIATRY- Jeddah
King Abdulaziz Hospital & Oncology Centre (Ministry of Health) -Jeddah
Maternity & Children Hospital (Ministry of Health) Main women's & children hospital in city- Jeddah
Al-Thagher Hospital (Ministry of Health) - Jeddah
Eye Hospital (Ministry of Health) -Jeddah
Psychiatric Hospital (Ministry of Health) -Jeddah
Al-Amal Hospital (Ministry of Health) Drug Abuse Rehabilitation Facility-Jeddah
New Jeddah Clinic Hospital- Jeddah
Dr. Erfan & Saeedy Hospital- Yanbu
AL-Noor Specialized Hospital - Mecca
King Abdulaziz Hospital- Medina
King Fahd Hospital- Medina
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Saudi Medical Center- Medina
Al Hada & Taif Military Hospitals- Taif
Dr. Noor Mohd Khan General Hospital- Hafer Al Batin
Aseer Hospital- Abha
Abha Central Hospital- Abha
Military city Hospital- khamis Mushait
Abha private Hospital- Abha
The Saudi German Hospital- Abha
Mercy Hospital- Abha
Dr. Hassan A. Ghazzawi Hospital - Jeddah
Retrieved from Wikipedia

From Arab News

JEDDAH, 28 March 2008 — Several women attended a second workshop on breast cancer awareness run by Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation at Dohat Al-Jazeera School yesterday.

A group of 15 women — including representatives from the health sector, social activists and breast cancer survivors — took part in five modules covering community profiles, development of volunteers and organizations, awareness and education, and fundraising and advocacy.

“I want you to leave class today knowing everything about gathering information and field surveys so that you can design your own strategic plans and community profiles,” said trainer Fatimah Al-Qarazi.

“Our goal is to set plans for awareness purposes. Nothing is done randomly. You have to know all details,” she added.
Speaking about participants’ cooperation and responsiveness, Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi, member of the Saudi Cancer Society (SCS) and a breast cancer survivor, told Arab News that no one should ever dismiss Saudi women. “Don’t ever underestimate Saudi women. Just give them the chance to be part of any work, and wait and see,” said Al-Amoudi.

She said participants’ feedback to the course, which is being held in Jeddah, Riyadh, Qassim and Dammam, was overwhelming. She emphasized the importance of human interaction to build relations with other nations and countries.

“Especially in the fields of medicine and health,” she said, stressing that the US-Middle East Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research has strengthened Saudi-US ties.

Al-Qarazi presented a plan that Najlaa, one of the participants, had worked on as part of the first module explaining the steps she had adopted from the module. Najlaa and her colleagues Lulwa and Dania are members of Al-Eman Cancer Society of Jeddah and were nominated to attend the workshops.

“Being part of society did us a favor in implementing what we’re learning by contacting other local cancer societies,” said Dania. “The workshop has given us a better understanding on how to start awareness campaigns. We’re still at the beginning and we definitely need time, effort and support,” she added.

Focusing on a new dimension in breast cancer awareness, Al-Amoudi is now trying to integrate breast care awareness into the Kingdom’s education system. “I hope the Ministry of Education adopts my idea. I’m willing to write the curricula so that it suits different age levels,” she said.

“Let us work together on teaching the new generation. I would love to see younger people doing more for breast cancer patients,” she added.

In January 2008, Howaida Darwish, member of KFSH-D Breast Care Program and SCS, and Al-Qarazi underwent an eight-day workshop for breast cancer awareness in Dallas, US.

Darwish said that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure exposed them to 25 years of the Komen experience in dealing with breast cancer. She added that it was a challenge for them to tailor the same tools to suit the Saudi environment.

“It’s encouraging to hear participants’ feedback and to be able to use adult learning techniques creatively to train them. I’m a believer in awareness and I gave a promise in Dallas at the Susan G. Komen headquarters. I’ve realized the seriousness of breast cancer problems and I’m doing this for myself, my daughter, my family and my generation,” said Darwish.

الاتحاد ينظم مؤتمر الرأس والرقبة بالجمهورية اليمني

ينظم الاتحاد الخليجي لمكافحة السرطان بالتعاون مع المؤسسة الوطنية لمكافحة السرطان المؤتمر العالمي الرابع للإتحاد الخليجي لمكافحة السرطان بالجمهورية اليمنية تحت عنوان "سرطان الرأس والعنق " وذلك خلال الفترة من 11-13 نوفمبر 2008 تحت رعاية الرئيس على عبدالله صالح- رئيس جمهورية اليمن

Celebration of Women’s Health

Celebration of Women’s Health
Hosted by King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center - Jeddah

The World Health Organization has declared March 8th of each year as the International Women's Health Awareness Day. For the past years, the Department of Medicine at King Faisal Specialists Hospital and Research Center - Jeddah and Academic and training Affairs has organized an Annual International Women’s Health Update Conference, as a service for the Medical Community.

This year, the celebration of women’s health awareness is expanding to include not only the whole hospital, but the community as well. Our week-long celebration include the following:

Sunday March 9, 2008
Women's Awareness Open House Day
Target: Community

1. Exhibition
Venue: Hospital OPD reception area
Time: 9-4pm
Language: Arabic and English
Participants: All relevant hospital departments will have booths to offer free screening, counseling and provide educational materials. There will also be raffles for prizes from sponsors as well as for discounted hospital services.


2. Community Lectures
Venue: Hospital Auditorium, 4th Floor
Topics:
1. Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia
2. Cardiovascular Disease in Women
3. HIV in Saudi Women
4. Balancing Career and Family
5. Domestic Abuse

Language: Arabic!
Time: Start at 10 am until noon


Monday March 10, 2008
Opening Ceremony
Target Audience: by invitation only
Venue: Laylati
Community Lecture Topics:
1. How Lifestyle Modification can Protect your Health
2. Status of Women's Health in Saudi Arabia
Language: Arabic
Time: 8pm

Tuesday-Wednesday March 11-12, 2008
Scientific Meeting
Speakers: National and International Speakers
Target Audience: Health Care Professionals
Time: 7:30am (registration begins) -5pm
Venue: Hotel Intercontinental
Laguage: English

King Faisal Awards - 2008

Burn Specialist Honored by Saudi Arabia Foundation for Medical Innovation



A University of Texas He alth Science Center at San Antonio faculty member has been selected as one of two winners of the 2008 King Faisal International Prize for Medicine.
Dr. Basil A. Pruitt Jr. was chosen for his innovation in providing trauma management and burn treatment for American soldiers for close to 50 years.

He will share his medical prize with Dr. Donald Trunkey, a trauma surgeon from the Oregon Health & Science University. Each winner will receive $100,000 on March 9 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The King Faisal Foundation was established in 1976 by the eight sons of the late King Faisal ibn Abd Al Aziz, the third king of Saudi Arabia.

Pruitt graduated from medical school in 1957 but later joined the U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research (ISR) at Fort Sam Houston in 1959. He completed his residency at Brooke Army! Medical Center in 1964 and served 31 years with the ISR, including 27 as its commander and director.

Pruitt retired from the Medical Corps and joined the Department of Surgery faculty at the Health Science Center.

"Dr. Basil Pruitt is the father of modern burn care," says Stephen M. Cohn, professor and the Dr. Witten B. Russ Chair of the Department of Surgery at the Health Science Center.
"His trainees run most of the burn centers throughout North America. His research advances have revolutionized the field of burn injury management and have been instrumenta! l in lowering the rate of death and complications dramatically in the last 40 years. There is no one in the field more worthy of this great honor than Dr. Pruitt," Cohn says.

From San Antonio Business Journal. March 6,2008

HIV Conference

Dear All,
We have the pleasure to invite you to attend an HIV update, a comprehensive approach for optimal management, on 19th March 2008, in King Khalid National Guard Hospital, King Abdula! ziz Medical City, Jeddah, in Andejani Hall.

Topics include:
*HIV management update in children, pregnancy & adults.
*HIV care in the primary health care.
*HIV occupational exposure.
*Epidemiology & Challenges of HIV in Saudi Arabia.
*HIV co-infection: HBV, HCV, TB
*Case presentations & discussion by expert HIV specialists.
CME accredited.
Free Registration.
We are looking forward to see you in our symposium.
Please do no hesitate to contact us for any questions.


Dr Abeer Alshukairi, Chair, scientific committee