One-Day Surgery in Saudi Arabia

One-Day Surgery in the Kingdom of SaudiArabia refers to a type of surgery practiced in the Kingdom. It culminates in the patient's return home on the same day of the surgery, ultimately saving time and effort. It involves using modern and advanced technologies and is executed under the supervision of qualified medical staff in several specialties.

One-day surgery centers are found across the Kingdom. They are overseen by the Ministry of Health setting relevant regulations and licensing centers for operation.

Licensed by the Ministry of Health, these centers perform surgeries or laparoscopic procedures. They offer patients anesthesia, immediate post-operative recovery, and same-day admission and discharge. These centers may comprise one or more operating theaters. Surgeries are performed in the one-day surgery unit. They encompass otorhinolaryngology, dentistry, plastic surgery, ophthalmology surgeries, and endoscopy, including gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urological endoscopy, in addition to one-day medical procedures such as intravenous therapy and minor treatments.

The one-day surgery system is important in that it serves patients and fulfills their aspirations to obtain high-quality medical services. The system shortens waiting lists in hospitals of all specialties for routine surgeries and contributes to increasing bed turnover rates and shortening patients' hospitalization duration.

The one-day surgery system contributes to increasing bed occupancy rates where the number of one-day surgeries amounted to 22,000 surgeries over six months of 2010. These figures were translated into providing 66,000 treatment nights, thus representing an increase of 30 percent over the first six months of the previous year. They also refer to the addition of a four hundred-bed hospital, with 100 percent occupancy for a year, and savings of approximately SAR150 million, thanks to shortening the patient's stay only.