The health services of the College of Medicine at King Saud University is delivered through two large University Hospitals in addition to a number of clinics, which are around the campus like the staff clinic, students clinic, staff housing clinic, and female students clinic.
The first University Hospital was King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital (KAUH) which was originally founded in 1956, but only got affiliated to the College in 1976. This facility now specializes in ENT and Ophthalmology. These two departments are among the largest in the Middle East in these specialties. They host extremely skilled physicians in all subspecialties of ENT and Ophthalmology as well as world class researchers. In addition, KAUH contains the University Diabetes Center.
In 1982, a dedicated university hospital was opened and was named King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH). It is an 800 bed facility with all general and subspecialty medical services. It contains a special outpatient building with 161 examination rooms, more than 20 operating rooms, and a fully equipped and staffed laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy services in addition to all other supporting services.
Both University Hospitals provide primary and secondary care services for Saudi patients from Northern Riyadh area. They also provide tertiary care services to all Saudi citizens on referral bases. All care is free of charge for eligible Saudi patients including medications.