The Department of Medicine is one of the largest medical department at Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Al-Madinah. It was established in 2013 since its commissioning period. It started with few specialties but at the present time it provides services in fifteen different specialties having its majority as a tertiary care.
We provide high quality inpatient and outpatient care to National Guard Employees and their Eligible Dependents and Saudi Citizens in Madinah Region. Furthermore, as the department strengthens its mission through organizational efforts to achieve excellence in patient care and medical education while upholding the mission of the National Guard Health Affairs, together, hand in hand with the Quality Management Monitoring Committee, we continue to monitor, quantify and qualify our services.
Mission
It is our mission to provide the highest level of effective and efficient performance in quality patient care through data gathering, organization, understanding and clinical decision making in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of disease.
We further aim to provide a superior health care environment with its safe and effective medical care in accordance with the best available evidence-based medical services in parallel to the MNGHA policies and procedures.
Vision
Our vision is to gradually build our department into a high standard effective and admirable component of our hospital, composed of highly educated, well trained and competent professionals and to be able to obtain consistently an absolute degree of medical knowledge to understand the basic facts, concepts, and principles essential to competent medical practice.
In our share of vision with the institution of MNGHA in terms of continuous education and training, the Department of Medicine sees itself in the continuous education of the medical students, residents, and post graduate physicians, in accordance with the highest specialized standards.
Objectives
- To promote quality services in medicine and allied specialties commensurate with the anticipated leadership role in the region.
- To organize a multidisciplinary team covering all major medical specialties, eventually forming functionally independent yet mutually cooperative sub specialty divisions.
- To Organize and ensure availability of medical staff for efficient and highest quality patient care, round the clock.
- To establish the highest standards of clinical practice, accommodating social norms of the region.
Clinical services provided
The department of medicine provides the following subspecialties:
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Internal Medicine.
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Neurology including EEG and EMG
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Nephrology and Outpatient Haemodialysis Services
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Rheumatology.
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Endocrinology.
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Pulmonary.
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Gastroenterology.
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Hematology.
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Oncology.
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Dermatology.
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Cardiology and Non Invasive Cardiac services
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Infectious Diseases.
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Psychiatry.
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Allergy & Immunology.
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Adult Day care Unit.
Education and Training
We established Residency Training program for Internal Medicine in October 2015 and we focus in the learning and teaching of junior staff being provided by the senior staff mentors that continuously guide and facilitates educational activities.
Program Director: Dr. Yousef Alalawi
Deputy Program Director: Dr. Abdulrahman Alamari
Email: MRTP-PMBAH@NGHA.MED.SA
Total number of residents for year (2021-2022): 29.
The Residency Training Program follows the regulations and requirements of the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCHS).
We welcome and accept rotating residents, Medical Interns, and students depending on the service capacity in the following subspecialties (General Internal Medicine – Neurology – Endocrinology- Pulmonary – Gastroenterology – Rheumatology – Cardiology).
Symposiums:
- 1st Medical Symposium – February 2021.
Community Services:
Hepatitis Awareness day (Dr. Syed Nazeer) – August 2021.
Stroke Awareness Day (Dr. Mohammed Qrimli) – 23 October 2019.
HTN Awareness Day – (Dr. Alawi Mohammed & IM Teams) 2019.
KPIs
Reducing Chemotherapy Waiting time: In collaboration with Pharmacy, Nursing and Adult Day-care unit (ongoing project).
DKA protocol for inpatient service.
DKA algorithm for Emergency Department.
Perioperative management of Diabetes.
Compliance of standard discharge medications in Acute Coronary Synd patients.
Hand Hygiene compliance in CCU & Step Down.
Dialysis Adequacy Improvement.
Hemodialysis treatment no show.
Clinical care out come
Adult Day care Unit Utilization Data Registry.
Achievement and awards
Accreditation of Internal Medicine Residency Training Program from SCFHS since Oct 2015 and ongoing.
Participated in Saudi Central Board of Accreditation for Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI), February 2019
Participated in Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA), April 2021
Research and publications
The Department of Medicine encourages all its members of staff to participate in researches and medical conferences both locally and internationally in terms of presentations in symposiums and conferences and publishing journals.
Research Ongoing:
Publications
Comparison of Outcomes of Community and Hospital-Acquired Methicillin- Susceptible and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections. Zied Gaifer, Talha Youssouf, Basmah H Aljehani, Abdulkader Ismail, Ahmed Abdelaziz. International Journal on Infectious Disease and Epidemiology.2021;2 (1):13‒18. DOI: 10.51626/ijide.2021.02.00004
Risk factors, outcomes and time to detect positive blood culture among cases with acute brucellosis. Zied Gaifera , Mohammed E. Mohammed Alib, Basmah H. AlJehanic, Hawazin A. Shaikh, and Sheikheldin B. Husseind. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021 Jul 2:trab093. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trab093. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34214996. Link
Al-Hebshi A, Al-Sayaghi KM, Shalby K, Khan A, Attaf M, Butt N, Lujain L, Alwasaidi T, Zolaly M. Treatment of COVID-19 in G6PD deficient patients: A review. Bioscience. Research 2020; 17(3):1667-1675. Link
Abdulqader Al‐Hebshi, Mohammed Zolaly, Amer Alshengeti, Ghaya Al Qurainees, Sofyan Yamani, Naif Hamdan, Turki Alwasaidi. A Saudi family with sickle cell disease Presented with acute crises and COVID‐19 infection. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 10 July 2020.
Osman
H, Alwasaidi T A, Al-Hebshi A, et al. (January 10, 2021) Vitamin B12 Deficiency
Presenting With Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia. Cureus 13(1):
e12600.doi:10.7759/cureus.12600. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33585090/
Alwasaidi T A, Mustafa W, Osman H, Abdulqader Al-Hebshi, Asma Alfetayeh.(January 31, 2021) Multiple Autoimmune Syndrome With Alopecia Universalis and Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Cureus 13(1): e13033. DOI 10.7759/cureus.13033. Link
Yousef Alalwi, Iman M'Hiri, Hajar Abu Alroub, and Aliya Khan. (Chapter 15 (Hypoparathyroidism in Pregnancy) in Hypoparathyroidism, a clinical casebook by Natalie E. Cusano Editor. Link
A.M. Khan, H.H. Al-Jahdali , A.S. Alharbi , S.K. Alabdulaali, R. Rajendram , M. Obaidi , N. Shirbini. (Do Ward Rounds Offer Effective Teaching and Training? Obstacles to Learning and What Makes Good Teaching in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital from Trainee Doctor's Perspective). Link
A.M
Khan, H.H. Al-Jahdali, A.S Alharbi, R. Rajendram, M. Obaidi, B. Alghamdi, I.
Hassan. (Nintedanib and pirfenidone for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)) in
King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Riyadh.
Mohammad Alageeli1, Brian Yan1, Suliman Alshankiti2, May Al-Zahrani1, Zoya Bahreini1, ThucNhi T. Dang, JoshuaFriedland3, Syed Gilani3, Ravi Homenauth2, Jennifer Houle4, Milica Kloc4, Jacqueline Luhoway3, LucasMerotto3, Rymon Rofaiel5, Chantal Singh4, Alexis Smith6, Benson Thomas1, Cassandra Townsend1, David Yoo5, Sergio Zepeda- Gomez2, Larry Stitt7, Vipul Jairath1, 7, 8, 9, Michael Sai Lai Sey1, 8. (KODA score: an updated and validated bowel preparation scale for patients undergoing small bowel capsule endoscopy Link
Completed but not published:
Overuse of medical interventions in terminal dying patients at PMBAH.
Improving off label prescription in Palliative Care Inpatient Unit.
Submitted for publication :
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of First Cohort of Coronavirus Disease-19 Cases in a Community Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Zied Gaifer, Jawaher N. Aljabri, Abdullah M. Alattas, Asmaa F. AlOufi ,Basmah H. AlJehani, Maryam A. Aljuhani.
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales Bacteremia: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcome in a Community Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Zied Gaifer, Ahmad Qureshi ,Mohammed Quadri , Sari Elamin , Mohammed E. Mohammed Ali , Basmah H. AlJehanic, Mohammed Doud.
Research Proposal:
Covid19- A single retrospective study in Saudi Arabia: Demographic, Clinical and Survival data.
Survey on. Attitude and Factors influence resuscitation decisions among physicians
Comparing Palliative Performance Scale PPS to Palliative Performance Index PPI for better prognostication at end of life.
Leadership
Dr. Yousef Alalawi
Chairman, Medicine Department
Dr. Muhammad Kashif Anis
Section Head Internal Medicine
Contact Us
Telephone:
+966-14-8669999 EXT: 68091, 68093, 68400
Email:
Medicine-pmbah@NGHA.MED.SA