News: 2nd International Conference of Emergency Medicine

The 2nd International Conference of Emergency Medicine for Children opened under the patronage of Dr. Othman Bin Ahmed, Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC) (Gen. Org.) Riyadh. The three-day conference took place at King Fahad Cultural Centre in Riyadh, organized by KFSH&RC in collaboration with the American Academy for Children’s Medicine.

Dr. Bin Ahmed started the event with the declaration that King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, approved the project of developing both the adult and children’s emergency medicine sections in KFSH&RC. He pointed out that the project will offer the ability to deal with different emergency cases. Eighty beds are involved in the plan, which is expected to be completed within two years.

Dr. Bin Ahmed said that medical services for children had developed due to the hospital administrations emphasis on raising the level of health care for patients, especially critical cases. He added that Al-Riyadh Hospital is in the process of building a hospital for children that will contain 300 beds. He believes that the percentage of children in Saudi Arabia is greater than that of adults, and that “it is our responsibility to take good care of this important segment of the community.”

After the conference was inaugurated, Dr. Mohammed Al Faifi, Head of Emergency Medicine Section and Consultant of Emergency Medicine, announced that the conference had invited 30 international speakers to discuss quality improvement in emergency management. Much information was exchanged among the Arabic, Islamic, and international speakers.