Sheikh Khalifa Medical City was created in 2005 as a result of the merger of all publicly held healthcare organizations in Abu Dhabi island. The merged entities were: ■Abu Dhabi Central Hospital - built in the late 1960’s and the oldest hospital in Abu Dhabi, it served as a 200 bed hospital until it was scaled down in 2003 to an emergency center and an outpatient dialysis unit■Abu Dhabi Psychiatric Hospital - a 120 bed facility■Abu Dhabi Rehabilitation Center - an 88 bed facility that was serving mainly as a nursing home for the elderly and people with special needs■Al Jazeera Hospital - built in the 1970’s, a 300 bed acute care medical facility which was open for expatriates who lived on Abu Dhabi island only■Preventive Medicine Clinic■Primary Healthcare Clinics - nine clinics dispersed across the island■Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center - commissioned in the year 2000, it is a 250 bed acute care medical facility which was open only for UAE nationals
