Establishing a Chronic Intestinal Failure Unit

Establishing the first unit in the Middle East specialising in the treatment of chronic intestinal failure. The unit will include a multidisciplinary team of gastroenterologists, surgeons, dietitians and other healthcare specialists, using advanced technology and modern techniques to provide complete care for patients throughout their treatment.

• No specialist units:
  there are no complete medical units for patients with chronic intestinal failure in the Middle East, creating an urgent need for this project.

• Rising patient numbers:
  growing numbers of patients with chronic intestinal failure who need continuous care, including bowel transplantation.

• Transition to home care:
  the need for training programmes to enable patients and their families to move safely to home care and reduce the burden on hospitals.

• Better outcomes after bowel transplantation:
  a specialist unit provides complete post-transplant care, helping patients stabilise after surgery.

• Health awareness and education.

• Making use of technological advances.

• Greater efficiency in the health system.

• Better quality of life for patients:
  after discharge and through recovery, by continuing to monitor and follow up the necessary medical tests via home healthcare, and to ensure the expected outcomes of bowel transplantation.

• Patient-centred care:
  providing a medical environment shaped around each patient's individual needs, with a focus on comprehensive treatment and on combining integrative medicine with modern technology.

• Treatment for chronic intestinal failure:
  offering complete treatment solutions for patients with chronic intestinal failure, from early diagnosis and drug therapy through to bowel transplantation.

• Complete care before and after transplantation:
  providing full care plans for patients needing a bowel transplant, with complete support before and after surgery to keep their condition stable.

• Greater transition to home healthcare:
  developing training programmes for patients and their families to ease the move from conventional medical care to safe, sustainable home healthcare.

Patients of all ages with chronic intestinal failure.

• Enabling the patient to live independently.

• Psychological and social support for the patient and their family.

• Greater health stability, with a positive effect on the patient's emotional wellbeing.

• Better chances of recovery.

• Better outcomes after bowel transplantation.

• Lower health costs.

• Stronger scientific research and innovation.

• Greater health awareness in the community.

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (Riyadh).

Total value of this project: 1,000,000 Saudi riyals.