Israeli Innovation At New Bahraini Hospital

By Ariel Grossman, NoCamels January 30, 2023 2 minutes

An illustration of the new Bahraini hospital, which will also serve as an innovation center for local entrepreneurs. Courtesy

A new hospital in Bahrain is to collaborate with Israel’s Sheba Medical Center to promote medical research and innovation.

The King Hamad American Mission Hospital (KHAMH) will work closely with the Sheba’s ARC Center, which was established to transform healthcare delivery and improve patient care.

It’s the first time the ARC Center has forged such a link with any hospital from a Gulf state, and it follows the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and Bahrain, in September 2020.

KHAMH will now be able to help doctors offer advanced care, and help young Bahraini entrepreneurs access world-class research and improve healthcare in the region.

The hospital will become fully operational in March, with 125 acute-care beds for primary to tertiary care, and an entire wing dedicated to women and children.

The unveiling coincides with the 120-year anniversary of the American Mission Hospital, which was one of the first hospitals in the region when it opened in 1903.

“This is a futuristic smart hospital that is technology-enabled to create a holistic healing environment that extends beyond the four walls of the hospital,” said Dr. George Cheriyan, the Corporate CEO and Chief Medical Officer.

“KHAMH is built on the concept of the future of health with the idea of wellness and preservation of health. The designs incorporate the natural elements of light and greenery that enhance human senses and bring them close to the environment to facilitate healing through compassionate care on the human side, and also to give a well-informed digitized patient experience.”

“Its state-of-the-art, hybrid, modular operating rooms with intensive care units, day surgical units, a dialysis unit of 20 beds, laboratory and imaging center are equipped to help patients who seek urgent, accident and emergency care.

“Collaboration with Sheba Medical Center makes the hospital an innovation hub, which will bring to Bahrain world-class medical research and technology to enable young Bahraini entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities in healthcare innovation.”

ARC has developed countless projects over the years, including an app that provides patients with home-based rehabilitation after a cardiac event.