ADK Hospital

ADK Hospital
Geography
Location	Sosun Magu, Malé, Maldives
Organisation
Care system	General
Hospital type	Private
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	50
History
Founded	1987
Links
Website	http://www.adkhospital.mv/ ADK Hospital

ADK Hospital is the first private hospital situated in Malé, Republic of Maldives. The hospital is one of the two major hospitals located in Malé. ADK Hospital is owned by ADK Enterprises which also owns one of the biggest pharmacy lines in Malé, Maldives.

ADK Hospital has a total of 50 beds as of 2007. In 2008, the private company started a renew process of the hospital, including the introduction of a new logo, refurbishment of the existing hospital wing and also the construction of a new multi-storey hospital wing.

ADK Hospital is not currently accredited by any international accreditation scheme such as JCI from the USA or QHA Trent from the UK.

History

ADK's beginnings with the small medical clinic with a single doctor named Dr. R. J. C. Pandian and an attached pharmacy that was opened in 1987 under the name "Mediclinic" by Mr. Ahmed Nashid and Mr. Hassan Ibrahim, who are brothers-in-law. In 1990, As the clinic became more and more recognized and its services expanded, the Clinic was upgraded as ADK Medical Centre.

Logo

The logo of ADK Hospital was rebranded in late 2008. The new logo depicts the following: The snake wrapped around the wand represents the rod of Asclepius used as the international medical symbol, depicting healing through medicine. The apple denotes health and well being as well as prevention.

Departments

• Orthopedics
• General Surgery
• Dermatology & Venerology
• Paediatrics
• Internal Medicine
• Urology
• Dentistry
• E.N.T
• Ophthalmology
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Anesthesiology
• intensive care
• Emergency care
• Neuro medicine & Neurosurgery

External links

• http://www.adkhospital.mv/ ADK Hospital