Turaif General Hospital

Turaif General Hospital in Turaif provides emergency, outpatient and inpatient care. Its services include neonatal care, one-day surgery, laboratory testing, radiology and dialysis.

Neonatal Telemedicine

The hospital launched a video-based telemedicine service in its neonatal care unit. Cameras installed in the neonatal intensive care department connect with Seha Virtual Hospital, enabling neonatal specialists to assess newborns remotely and provide advice and guidance to on-site doctors and nurses.

Service Launch and Care Goals

Hospital Director Mr. Khaled Muhal Al-Ruwaili inaugurated the service in the presence of Medical Director Dr. Zahoor Al-Fahiqi, Nursing Department Director Mr. Badr Enad Al-Madharsh, and a number of hospital department heads.

Al-Ruwaili stated that Turaif General Hospital was the first hospital in the region to launch this service for neonatal care. He said it would help improve newborn care quality and intensive care safety while saving doctors and nurses time and effort. He also described the service as a step toward the hospital's goal of providing the best possible patient care.

Patient Care and Medical Activity

The hospital has served more than 142,000 patients. Reported care and medical activity includes:

• 74,977 emergency patients.
• 67,234 outpatients.
• 6,512 inpatients.
• 1,367 one-day surgeries.
• 474,032 laboratory tests.
• 30,800 radiology examinations of various types.
• 4,626 dialysis sessions.