Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
AE Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · multi-specialty
Trust Index 62 · Fair
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Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) is a large government tertiary hospital in Abu Dhabi, developed by SEHA in partnership with Mayo Clinic to build clinical, quality and management protocols. It provides a broad range of tertiary and quaternary specialty care and runs an Executive Health Programme offering comprehensive age- and gender-tailored physical checkup packages.
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- Patient rating
- 4.5/5
- 5,963 Google reviews
- Trust Index
- 62/100
- Fair
- Data confidence
- 34%
- Low · 19% verified
- Specialties
- 2
- departments
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MHI · Method 1.3 Methodology →One comparable score per hospital — each metric below is measured against the registry and weighted by the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
62% of the formula backed by data
"pi" = rated on incomplete public information
- Trust Index 62 Our index 62/100 · vs 36 same-country hospitals · 58th percentile
- Profile completeness 34 Our index 34% · share of our profile verified vs modeled — informational, not scored
- Quality & reputation 70 ✓ Verified #19 in country (Newsweek/US-News) · 4.5★ Google · objective outcomes ≫ independent ranking ≫ patient reviews · 99th percentile
- Accreditation — Not sourced — · current JCI ≫ independent bodies (Magnet/CAP/DNV) ≫ historical/on-record
- Price transparency — Not sourced — · separate pricing axis — informational, not scored in the quality grade
- Scale — Not sourced — · needs a sourced bed count
The composite is the weight-normalized mean of available metrics. The same method applies to every hospital in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Location & getting here
Being collectedAddress, neighbourhood, and how long transit and airports take.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Street address is being collected.
Getting here
- مطار زايد الدولي 13.5 km · ~20 min (≈, OSM)
Independent signals
SourcedGovernment quality-inspection grades, independent accreditation/certification, and insurer networks — matched from public registries, not submitted by the hospital.
Government quality grade
- JAWDA DoH Abu Dhabi Centre of Excellence (CoE) designation: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant. Listed on DoH's current CoE page (last updated 17 Jul 2026). as of 2026 Source →
- JAWDA DoH Abu Dhabi Centre of Excellence (CoE) designation: Stroke Treatment (joint appointment with Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi). Announced via official Abu Dhabi Media Office release. as of 2026 Source →
Recognition
- Magnet Magnet designation, first designated 2026 as of 2026 Source →
Specialty ranking
- Newsweek Specialized #124 world — Middle East (2026) as of 2026 Source →
Specialists & departments
This hospital2 specialties across 1 fields. Tap a field for this hospital's prices.
Critical Care Medicine Specialist · Emergency Medicine Physician
Doctor types, never named individuals.
Compare hospitals in United Arab Emirates
Our indexSide by side on what actually decides the choice — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation, and real verified prices. Best in each row marked ★.
Compared with 3 other United Arab Emirates hospitals here, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City carries a BBB grade (#19 in United — World's Best Hospitals 2026), ranks #4 of 4 on our merit score (59).
| Metric | This hospital Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Abu Dhabi | Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi | American Hospital Dubai Dubai | Rashid Hospital Dubai |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital gradeNewsweek in-country rank where ranked, else our merit score | BBB · 59 | AAA · 76 | AA · 84 ★ | AA · 74 |
| Newsweek rankWorld's Best Hospitals | #19 in country | #1 in country ★ | #2 in country | #3 in country |
| Patient ratingGoogle, sourced | 4.5★ ★ | 4.4★ | 4.1★ | 3.5★ |
| Accreditationindependent bodies | — | JCI ★ | JCI ★ | — |
| Published pricesverified, comparable | — | — | — | — |
| From pricecheapest verified | — | — | — | — |
| Profile | You're here | Open profile | Open profile | Open profile |
Six decision metrics on the same public formula — our grade, the Newsweek ranking, patient reviews, accreditation and real verified prices. "—" means not yet sourced, never guessed. Best in each row marked ★. All hospitals →
Common questions about Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
Straight answers from the data on this page — cost, accreditation, rating, and location.
How is Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City rated?
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City has a 4.5-star Google rating from 5,963 reviews, and scores 65/100 (grade A pi) on our independent Trust Index, alongside its rank of #19 in United — World's Best Hospitals 2026. The Trust Index is one public formula applied to every hospital — the
What is Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City known for?
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) is a large government tertiary hospital in Abu Dhabi, developed by SEHA in partnership with Mayo Clinic to build clinical, quality and management protocols. It provides a broad range of tertiary and quaternary specialty care and runs an Executive Health Programme offering comprehensive age- and gender-tailored physical checkup packages.
Where is Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City?
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City is located at Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Traveling to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Sourced Full United Arab Emirates guide →The United Arab Emirates is the Gulf's premium medical hub, built around Dubai and Abu Dhabi and one of the world's densest clusters of JCI-accredited hospitals — including Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, American Hospital Dubai and the Dubai Healthcare City free zone. Patients come for cardiology, orthopaedics, fertility, oncology and cosmetic care delivered in English to international standards; Dubai alone drew about 260,000 medical tourists in the first half of 2015, and the government runs a dedicated medical-visa track through the GDRFA.
- Visa
- Many Western nationalities (US, UK, EU, Australia, Canada) get a free visa on arrival for 30–90 days; from 2026 tourist-visa approvals in Dubai are processed in ~48 hours, and visa-on-arrival eligibility was expanded to six more nationalities (Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Kenya, South Africa). Confirm your nationality's rule before travelling.
- Medical / long-stay visa
- For treatment, foreign patients use a Medical Visa — an entry permit sponsored by a licensed UAE hospital (fees: AED 200 for a 90-day single entry, AED 500 for 180 days), typically covering ~30 days of initial treatment and extendable on medical documentation. Hospitals in Dubai Healthcare City, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi and American Hospital Dubai coordinate approvals directly with the GDRFA.
- Arrival
- There is no digital arrival card; entry is via the visa/visa-on-arrival stamp. Residents (not short-stay medical visitors) must hold an Emirates ID.
- Currency
- UAE Dirham (AED, د.إ) — pegged at ~3.67 to the US dollar
- Languages
- Arabic is the official language; English is the working language of business and healthcare, and international hospitals operate in English with multilingual staff
- Safety & recourse
- Very safe for visitors · Established malpractice recourse
General guidance — confirm current rules for your nationality with official sources. Verified against: UAE Government — Patient & companion medical visa · GDRFA Dubai — Medical visa service · UAE Government — Tourist visa.
Data & sources
19% verified Show all dataHow much of this profile is verified data — every section above carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.
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- Identity & location ✓ Verified
- Accreditation Not yet collected
- Published prices Not yet collected
- Languages Not yet collected
- Patient reviews ✓ Verified
- Staff & expertise Modeled
- Safety & complications Modeled
- Accommodation & rooms Modeled
- Facilities & access Imported
- Insurance & payment Modeled
- Inclusive & accessible care Modeled
- Ownership & governance Modeled
- Volume & outcomes Modeled
- International-patient mix Modeled
- Surgical team depth Modeled
- Specialties & clinical professions ✓ Verified
Every field is tagged by source state. "Verified" = sourced and checked; "Imported" = real data pending re-verification; "Modeled" = deterministic placeholder for this preview; "Not yet collected" = on our roadmap. Confidence feeds the Trust Index and the finder's verified-only filter. Methodology →
Reviews, staff, accreditations, awards, research and inclusive-care figures are aggregated or modeled from published signals for this preview; real registry, outcome and review data replace them before launch. How we model this →