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Emaar Healthcare Group marks 'healthy living' by offering free nutrition counselling at Meadows Clinic
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Marks 'Nutrition Month' being celebrated through March
Expert dietitians to offer personalised nutrition advise
, the healthcare subsidiary of Emaar Properties, in association with Methodist International, a subsidiary of The Methodist Hospital, is marking 'Nutrition Month' during the month of March by offering free nutrition consultation at Meadows Clinic, the newly opened healthcare centre in The Meadows community. Dieticians Ms Emilie Hartmann and Ms Tracy Friedrick - key members of the Nutrition & Dietetics Services of Emaar Healthcare GroupEmaar Healthcare Group
- will offer complimentary nutrition consultation every Sunday and Wednesday through the month. Community residents and members of the public can benefit from the consultations, offering advice on a range of nutrition-related issues. Mr. Omar Al Shunnar, Chief Executive Officer, Emaar Hospitality Group, said: "Lifestyle diseases such as obesity-related disorders, diabetes and heart disease are the key healthcare concerns faced by the local population. More often, these have a direct linkage with the pattern of nutrition. The complimentary nutrition consultation offered at our new Meadows Clinic is aimed at introducing healthy living concepts among the public."
He added: "The month-long consultation also highlights the community outreach initiatives of Emaar Healthcare GroupEmaar Healthcare Group
. Meadows Clinic is part of our development ethos of creating integrated lifestyle communities, and offers world-class healthcare service easily accessible for residents in the Emirates Living community. The nutrition consultation is a value addition to the community."Emaar Healthcare GroupEmaar Healthcare Group's Nutrition & Dietetics Services offers the full range of services including healthy eating, weight loss, diabetes management, high cholesterol and blood pressure management, antenatal care, nutrition issue relating to gastrointestinal health, food allergies, osteoporosis, health screenings and disease prevention, among others.
Ms Hartmann is a specialist dietician focused on bariatric programmes, health check-ups, gastroenterology related concerns and surgical & non-surgical weight loss. Ms Friedrick, also a certified diabetes educator, focuses on diabetes programmes, fertility/antenatal and toddler nutrition, endocrine related concerns and cardiac health.
To book a complimentary nutrition consultation, please call 04-4453999.
and follows the opening of The Dubai Mall Medical Centre, the largest outpatient facility in the region. A third clinic will open shortly in Arabian Ranches, another established neighbourhood of Emaar. Meadows Clinic currently has three specialities - Internal Medicine, Paediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology - selected for their importance to residents. More specialities will be added shortly apart from further adding to the medical and non-medical staff strength.
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About Emaar Healthcare GroupEmaar Healthcare Group LLC:
Emaar Healthcare GroupEmaar Healthcare Group LLC, the wholly owned subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC, plans to develop and manage hospitals, clinics and medical centres in the Middle East and North Africa region, the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia. These centres will offer quality health services and also work to strengthen the healthcare sector of the various countries through effective public-private partnerships. Emaar Healthcare has also formed a strategic tie-up with a renowned medical institution to bring about and set best practice standards in all the regions it serves.
About Methodist International:
The Methodist Hospital in Houston has a 90-year legacy of medical milestones that attracts patients from around the world. As a founding member of Texas Medical Center, Methodist is a major academic medical centre that was home to famed heart surgeon Dr Michael E DeBakey. The Methodist Hospital is recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center with Magnet Designation in the areas of nursing administration, education, clinical practice, research and quality. Methodist was ranked by US News & World Report on its prestigious "Best Hospitals Honor Roll" for 2009 and is continually ranked among Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For". Methodist is the highest ranked healthcare organization in the US by Fortune and ranked 1st in the US for its patient satisfaction score by UHC. As its subsidiary, Methodist International is focused on collaboration with global care organizations to build capacity through the transfer of knowledge and expertise. Its goal is to improve care and to move global health care quality towards a consistent level of excellence.
For more information, please contact:
Kelly Home
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Tel: (+971 4) 334 4550
E-mail: k.home@asdaa.com
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