The Umawi caliph Walid ibn ‘Abdul Malik built the first hospital in 706 A.D. Later they had different kinds of hospitals: mental disease, contagious disease, and non-contagious physical disease.
Khalifa Umawi Walid ibn ‘Abdul Malik alijenga hospitali ya kwanza mwaka 706 B.K. Baadaye Waarabu walikuwa na hospitali za aina mbalimbali: magonjwa ya akili, magonjwa ya kuambukiza, na magonjwa ya mwili yasiyo ambukiza.