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The King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital affiliated with the King Abdul-Aziz University College of Medicine and Health Sciences was inaugurated by the Custodian of the two Holy mosques King Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz bin Saud during his period as the Crown Prince in the year 1396 H (1976 G).

Initially the King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital was operated with a modest capacity of 36 beds. Over the following years the number of beds was gradually increased to 291.

The transfer to the new healthcare facility within the King Abdul-Aziz University Health Science Centre complex was initiated on the executive order of His Excellency the President of King Abdul-Aziz University Dr. Ghazi Obaid Al-Madani in July 1996 (1416H).

The transfer of all the departments and the equipments was completed by September 1996, and the Hospital was operational in December, 1996.

The new King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital was inaugurated by His Majesty the Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz bin Saud on Tuesday Sha’aban 7, 1417 (December 17, 1996). The hospital was operational with an initial capacity of 250 beds, increasing to about 400 beds by the end of 2002.   

The full operational capacity of the King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital is 895 beds.