History
The Adult Oncology Service started in 1994 as part of the Department of General Medicine, while Pediatric Oncology Service started as part of General Pediatrics in 1986. In 1998, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (the late king of Saudi Arabia) had laid the foundation stone for constructing the Princess Noorah Oncology Center (PNOC). He inaugurated it on the 14th of April 2001 to better serve the Oncology patient populace.
PNOC is located in King Abdulaziz Medical City, a tertiary care hospital in Jeddah, the largest urban center in the Makkah province and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia.
Profile
The center has outpatient, inpatient, and radiation therapy services. The outpatient services include routine clinics and a chemotherapy day case unit. The inpatient services include:
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT Ward
- Adult Male and Female Oncology Wards that provide services to Adult Medical Oncology
- Palliative Care
- Gyne-Oncology patients
- Adult Leukemia/BMT Ward under the Section of Adult Hematology/BMT
Specialities
Princess Noorah Oncology Center specialisations include:
- Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone marrow transplant
- Adult Medical Oncology
- Palliative Care
- Gyne-Oncology
- Radiation Oncology
- Hematology Oncology that includes Bone marrow transplant
Palliative and Supportive Care
The Palliative Care Service (PCS) at Princess Norah Oncology Center (PNOC) was initiated formally in 2001 with the initiation of the Oncology Center.
The palliative care section serves adult and pediatric patients who need palliative care.
Effective palliative care requires the involvement of a broadly skilled interdisciplinary team committed to working together toward achieving best practice. The team improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life- threatening illness through the prevention and relief of suffering through early identification, assessment, and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems. In PNOC, the Palliative Care team typically includes one or more physicians, nurses, social workers/psychologists, spiritual advisors, pharmacists, personal support workers, and volunteers. Other disciplines may also be part of the team to form a multidisciplinary team that provides palliative care to those in need.
Last update: August 2023
