Description:

Al Hayat Specialized Hospital, located on Lababidi Street in Gaza City, is a private hospital that first opened in 2010 with a capacity of 72 beds. Al Hayat treats cancer patients referred to the hospital by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, that before the Covid-19 outbreak would have been treated at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem. The hospital consists of six floors, each with an area of 1,000 square meters[1][2].

Departments:

- Cardiac catheterization department.

- Catheterization and Vascular Department (includes cardiac catheterization unit and vascular unit)[3]

- Emergency Department[3]

- Magnetic Resonance department[4].

- Medical Imaging department.

- Medical laboratories[3].

- Oncology Department (includes two inpatient clinics , inpatient pharmacy , chemotherapy laboratory, day care unit, and overnight unit)[3].

- Ophthalmic surgery department.

- Open heart surgery department.

- Outpatient department (chest diseases, internal medicine, diabetes and glands, pediatric surgery, anesthesia and pain management, cardiovascular surgery, oncology, cardiology, general surgery, and urology)[3].

- Pharmacy[3].

- Radiology department[3].

- Surgical operations department (including 3 operating rooms for general, orthopedic and laparoscopic surgery, in addition to the intensive care unit)[3].

Development:

In 2015: An in-house laboratory and a new operation room in the cardiac catheterization department were inaugurated at Al Hayat Specialized Hospital[5].

In 2020: The hospital opened a magnetic resonance department and began offering chemotherapy to cancer patients[6].