Abdali Medical Center

Abdali Medical Center is a multi-specialty hospital in Amman, Jordan. It was opened on 1 July 2019.[1] The building is powered by a 8.2 MW photovoltaic power plant, the largest solar plant in the world powering a single health care facility according to its developer.[2] The hospital started receiving patients in early September 2019.[3]

Abdali Medical Center - Abdali
General information
TypeMedical Center
LocationAmman, Jordan
Coordinates31°57′49.4″N 35°54′36.3″E
Construction started2005
Completed1 July 2019
Height125 meters (410 feet)
Technical details
Floor count36 floors
Design and construction
ArchitectClemenceau Medicine International
Main contractorATCCO and Dar Al-Omran
Website
http://www.abdalimedical.com

Master plan change

In the New Abdali area of the Al-Abdali district, the area where the hospital has been built was originally zoned for construction of a mixed-use commercial-residential unit named "Vertex Tower and Residences", construction of which began in mid-2008.[4][5][6][7] However, in 2011 following the Global financial crisis in 2009, construction was put on hold due to financial problems that the contracting company suffered from, and the construction site was abandoned for several years. In 2014, Greater Amman Municipality planned to build a hospital in the new district of Abdali in order to stimulate investment in Jordan, especially in the medical sector, and decided that the hospital will be constructed within the "Vertex Tower and Residences" project's building which was abandoned since 2011.[4] Work resumed within the building of the previous suspended "Vertex" project in the third-quarter of 2015 to reconstruct and develop it to a new medical-use project called "Abdali Medical Center". Clemenceau Medicine International (CMI) ran this construction project, which was completed in July 2019.[8][9] It is considered to be the first hospital in Jordan offering patient-centered care.[10]

Construction incidents

Crane collapse

On the afternoon of Saturday July 7, 2018, a mobile crane was in the process of dismantling a tower crane (one of two tower cranes at the AMC project).

However, due to a mechanical failure, the mobile crane collapsed with the tower crane that was being held, resulting in 4 medium injuries, 2 vehicles damaged. In addition, solar panels on the roof of the House of Representatives building nearby was also damaged. On the other hand, no damage has occurred to the CMC building.

After the incident Greater Amman Municipality declared that a few days earlier it had certified that the mobile crane was safe to use.[11]

References
  1. "Abdali Medical Center: Set To Bring The Highest Standards". Venture Magazine. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Philadelphia Solar completes 8.2-MW PV project for Abdali Medical Center". Renewables now. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ""العبدلي الطبي" يقدم لمرضاه رعاية صحية متميزة" [Abdali Medical offers its patients excellent health care]. Alghad (in Arabic). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. "بلتاجي: توجه لإنشاء مستشفى في منطقة العبدلي" [Beltagi: He went to establish a hospital in the Abdali area]. الغد (in Arabic). 9 August 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. "Jordan's new hospital is set to bring the highest standard of patient experience". Ro'ya News. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. "مركز العبدلي الطبي يعلن جاهزيته لاستقبال المرضى" [Abdali Medical Center announces its readiness to receive patients]. Alghad (in Arabic). 19 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. "مركز العبدلي الطبي.. رؤية علاجية أردنية جديدة يعتمد الأدلة والأبحاث" [Abdali Medical Center .. A new Jordanian therapeutic vision based on evidence and research]. Aldustor (in Arabic). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. "مركز العبدلي الطبي..صرح عصري متكامل" [Abdali Medical Center .. A modern integrated edifice]. Khaberni (in Arabic). 16 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  9. "افتتاح مستشفى خاص بأحد أبراج العبدلي قريبا" [Opening of a private hospital in one of the Abdali towers soon]. Alghad (in Arabic). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  10. ""مبادرة محبة الوطن تجمعنا" تزور مركز العبدلي الطبي (صور)" ["Love of the Nation brings us together" visits Abdali Medical Center]. Jafra (in Arabic). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  11. "اربع إصابات بسقوط رافعة في العبدلي" [Four injuries caused by the fall of a crane in Abdali]. Alrai (in Arabic). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
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