MUHAYIL – DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita Inc. and a leading provider in kidney care services in the US and internationally, on Sunday announced the opening of its new clinic in Muhayil, Saudi Arabia.

The Muhayil clinic will eventually provide dialysis for 140 patients. It currently serves 71 patients since opening its doors in late April.

The clinic’s grand opening was attended by officials from the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health, including Dr. Abdullah Muzallef Aseer, the Regional CDC director; Dr. Mohammad Zeid Muhayil, the General Hospital Director; and Dr. Mohammad El Habdan Aseer, the Region Health Directorate Director. Muhayil’s Governor Mohammad Saud Al Mat'hami and Police Chief Saad Abdullah Al Amari were also in attendance.

“We are looking forward to being able to continue to provide quality, patient-centered care to the people of Saudi Arabia,” said Dr Abdul Kareem Alsuwaida, DaVita’s Chief Medical Officer in Saudi Arabia. “The clinic in Muhayil allows us to better deliver this care to patients in the southern region of Saudi Arabia.”

The opening of the new clinic includes DaVita’s 90-day patient onboarding program that helps ensure new patients have both a positive experience and high-quality clinical outcomes in the first couple of months.

With a growing prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in Saudi Arabia, the number of people with kidney disease is rising quickly and over 90% of Saudi’s with kidney disease don’t know they have it. To help build awareness for kidney disease, DaVita launched a 60-second online risk quiz at DaVita.com/SA/KidneyAware. To date, over 3,600 Saudis have completed a kidney disease risk quiz, with nearly 83% (3,000 Saudis) having at least one risk factor.

DaVita Muhayil Dialysis Clinic is the 18th clinic opened by DaVita in the Kingdom. — SG