Assess patient nutritional needs, establish nutritional care plans to meet those needs, implement appropriate therapeutic diet or nutrition support regimen, and provide diet instruction. Maintain professional competency and skills required for professional practice. As assigned, participate in quality improvement projects, clinical research, the training of dietetic interns, updating of nutritional resources and lead activities such as nutrition in-services and community nutrition awareness days.
Newly constructed Centre For Cancer and Liver Diseases is designed by an American Specialized Company in Health Care Sector with cooperation of Saudi Engineering Office as part of a master plan of our client hospital.
The fascility has 21 floors. Spread over 23,183 square meters, the facility has a capacity of 206 beds for tumor patients, 32 for intensive care, and 43 for liver disease patients.
It has eight hospitalization sections and 22 units for one-day surgeries.
The center has a radiology-treatment section with the latest equipment, 18 outpatient clinics for tumors, 18 clinics for bone marrow transplants and blood diseases, 14 clinics for liver diseases, and 12 surgery clinics and other clinics for different specialties. The center will also involve medical backup services including physical therapy, dentistry, blood bank and laboratories.
Until 2009 the current hospital dealt with about 67,108 cases, carried out 57,037 chemical treatment sessions, 191,139 radiation treatment sessions, and 2,269 stem-cell transplants.
