Lists this hospital appears on
- Position as printed6 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Hospitals 2026: Saudi Arabia (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista scored hospitals within each country on hospital quality metrics (40 per cent), peer recommendations from an online survey of medical experts (30 per cent national, 5 per cent international), patient experience data (18.5 per cent) and its PROMs Implementation Survey (6.5 per cent), and lists specialised hospitals separately without a rank.
- Position as printed157 Newsweek and Statista, World's Best Smart Hospitals 2026 (opens the publisher’s list in a new tab) Statista ranked 350 hospitals in 30 countries from 1 to 350 on a reputation score from an international online survey of hospital managers and health care professionals (77.5 per cent), its Smart Hospitals Maturity Survey (20 per cent) and Joint Commission International accreditation (2.5 per cent).
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About the hospital
King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh (KAMC-RD) is run by the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), which describes itself as a healthcare system funded by the government of Saudi Arabia and affiliated with the Ministry of National Guard. MNGHA has campuses in several Saudi cities linked by one electronic medical record system, BestCare. It says KAMC-RD was inaugurated in 1982 and began serving patients in May 1983.
KAMC-RD provides care to Ministry of National Guard personnel and their families and offers tertiary care to other patients through a medical eligibility system, according to MNGHA, which states that it has 1,973 operational beds. MNGHA’s history records the inauguration of King Fahad Hospital and a central laboratory at the Riyadh medical city, and its website lists King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital and the Specialized Hospital for Women’s Health in Riyadh among its facilities.
Facts
- Beds
- 1,973 operational beds (MNGHA website, accessed October 2026)
- Opened
- 1983
- Name on the Newsweek list
- Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs - King Abdulaziz Medical City - Riyadh
- Workforce
- 2,451 physicians, dentists and residents; 8,584 allied health and medical support staff; 5,282 administrative and support staff (MNGHA)
- Postal address
- P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426 (MNGHA)
- Health IT
- MNGHA states it has HIMSS Stage 7 validation on both the EMRAM and INFRAM models
- MNGHA founded
- 1982, by the then Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (MNGHA)
Questions readers ask
Who runs King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh?
The Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), a government-funded healthcare system affiliated with the Ministry of National Guard.
How many beds does King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh have?
MNGHA states that KAMC-RD currently has 1,973 operational beds.
Where is King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh?
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MNGHA gives its postal address as P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11426.
Sources
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