Dallah Hospital AlNakheel continues to prove its excellence by obtaining the most prestigious and highest international certificates in its medical specialization. Recently, Dallah Hospital AlNakheel was awarded the Center of Excellence in Breast Treatment Certificate by the American Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) for Medical Facility Accreditations. This is the 11th certificate that the hospital has obtained, making it the first private hospital to achieve this medical excellence across the region and the Middle East. Al Nakheel's Breast Surgery Center deserves to be awarded this prestigious International Certificate. This is due to its distinguished medical performance and provision of necessary treatments for patients of different age groups, especially medical treatment and surgical intervention. It performs minor daily surgical procedures to tumor resections, under the supervision and follow-up of a qualified medical staff, which performs all these various surgeries with quality and proficiency and in line with the latest international medical standards. On the hospital's obtaining of this International Certificate, Dr. Saeed Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim, Director of Quality and Risk Management at Dallah Health, commented, "Here is Dallah Hospital AlNakheel, for the 11th time in a row, confirming its global distinction, and by being awarded the "Center of Excellence in Breast Treatment" Certificate by the American Surgical Review Corporation (SRC) for Medical Facility Accreditations. Dallah's Al Nakheel affirms its quality and proficiency. "In addition, it possesses the best medical, technical and administrative staffs, in all of its various centers and departments, especially the Breast Surgery Center, as Dallah Health always ensures to apply standards of quality and proficiency in all its hospitals." In turn, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Saif, consultant Breast & Endocrine Surgeon at Dallah Hospital AlNakheel, explained that the hospital's Breast Surgery Center provides several distinguished treatment services, such as surgeries for benign breast conditions and breast tumors, and x-rays using diagnostic mammograms (breast x-ray). This is in addition to breast biopsies by mammograms, breast ultrasound examination, and histological examination of tumor biopsies, cells, and indicators. It should be noted that Dallah Hospital AlNakheel has a rich track record of international certificates, as it is the first hospital across the region and the Middle East to be awarded 10 International Certificates of accreditation from the American Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), for ten of its Surgical Centers of Excellence. These are: The Center of Excellence in Orthopedic Surgery, the Center of Excellence in Obesity Surgery, the Center of Excellence in Joint Replacement Surgery, the Center of Excellence in Treatment for Kidney stones, the Center of Excellence in Specialized Anesthesiology, the Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Surgery, the Center of Excellence in Endoscopy, the Center of Excellence in Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, the Center of Excellence in Hernia Surgery, and the Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery. Furthermore, Dallah Hospital AlNakheel has a rich track record of international and local accreditation, as it also holds the accreditations of CBAHI, the Joint Commission International (JCI), and the College of American Pathologists (CAP), as well as the ISO certificate on food safety (ISO 22000), the ISO certificate in information security and confidentiality (ISO 27000) and the accreditation of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS6). It is worth noting that Dallah Health Group has six leading health care facilities, serving more than 1.5 million patients annually, across the KSA, by more than 900 beds and 500 outpatient clinics. The Group also has more than 3,000 employees, including around 1,000 expert physicians, in its effort to provide the highest standards of health care in the KSA. — SG
