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FM professionals at SKMC must make sure all plant, machinery and equipment at the hospital is monitored 24/7 and that the facility is squeaky clean. T
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Sustainable future
As well as SKMC, SEHA owns and operates several other healthcare facilities in Abu Dhabi including the new Mafraq Hospital, which won the best sustainable hospital project award last month at the Hospital Build Exhibition in Dubai. The environmentally sensitive 745-bed building is currently being constructed to replace the current hospital in the same area.

In addition, SEHA received highly a recommended recognition in the category of Best Hospital Design for its new Al Ain Hospital. Both hospitals are set to open in early 2014.

“We looked at using sustainable materials and cooling systems. The hospital will also be heavily shaded so the heat is kept out,” says Bensalem.

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“The water will be heated by solar panels and then recycled and used to water the grass and plants in the gardens surrounding the buildings.”

SEHA’s HealthSystem also received the highly commended award for best healing environment at the event.

The organisation was honoured for reducing length of stay, having a well-managed patient flow, reducing waiting times, decreasing levels of infection, achieving good health and safety records, having a well managed patient nutrition programme and receiving positive patient feedback through testimonials.

“Our vision is to develop a healthcare system and to develop the infrastructure required to support and achieve world class standards for healthcare delivery. I congratulate our team and all our partners on this recognition which shows we are moving in the right path towards that goal,” says SEHA chairman Saif Bader Al Qubaisi.