Over 150 employees participate in live training as management aims to strengthen the hospital's emergency services
Abu Dhabi - January 9th, 2012 - More than 150 employees from different sections at Al Rahba hospital participated in a special educational and academic emergency and disaster preparedness program that was organized at the hospital. The program aims at enhancing the capacity and capability of SEHA employees in a standardized and integrated approach, and is in line with the initiative that Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA) launched in the previous months.
Abu Dhabi's Al Rahba Hospital is owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA) and managed by Johns Hopkins Medicine International.
Departments such as Information Technology, Emergency, Operations and others participated in the training program, which was organized from 3:00 am - 11:00 am. Al Rahba management strongly believes that the key objective of this training is to strengthen the hospital's emergency services delivered to the society, and to assure progressive, stable, and sustainable preparedness index demonstrated via enrolling the targeted trainees across the system.
Commenting on the training program, Dr. Gamal Abbas, Chief of Service for the Emergency Department of Al Rahba Hospital said: "The emergency and disaster preparedness program is organized to provide the participants with the basic and essential knowledge, skills and attitudes to immediately deliver lifesaving care to all patients in need of urgent or emergent care. It also helps in maximizing the use of resources in mass casualty incidents and disaster situations, and improves the quality, efficiency, effectiveness of response, preparedness, recovery, and care delivered by the hospital's staff."
"In order to provide the highest quality of medical care in emergency situations, employees and staff need to have specific knowledge, the ability to plan and organize a health system, professional skill and the adaptation to the disaster situation," added Dr. Abbas.
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About Al Rahba Hospital
Opening in 2003, Al Rahba Hospital is a 163-bed, advanced secondary-care general hospital managed by Johns Hopkins Medicine International. It is part of the SEHA HealthSystem and is owned and operated by Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA). Al Rahba Hospital was the first public hospital in the UAE to be accredited by Joint Commission International in 2006 and was reaccredited in 2009. The hospital was rated The Best Public Hospital in Abu Dhabi with the highest "Customer Satisfaction Rate" in a survey conducted by Daman in May 2009.
The organization delivers diagnostic and curative services primarily in Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Orthopedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, Dentistry, Emergency Medicine, dermatology, cardiology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, rheumatology, Hypertension Clinic, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Speech Therapy , Back Pain, Asthma, Smoking Cessation, Colorectal and Peridontics .In addition, Al Rahba Hospital provides other specialized services, including 24 Hour Accident and Emergency Services, Dialysis, Intensive Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, Lab Medicine, Radiology, Pharmacy, and Physiotherapy.
For more information, please visit us at www.alrahba.ae.
About the SEHA HealthSystem and the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC (SEHA)
SEHA is health in Arabic. The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company PJSC- whose marketing identity is SEHA - is an independent, public joint stock company created to develop the curative activities of the public healthcare system in Abu Dhabi. The company owns and operates all the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi which together make up the SEHA HealthSystem. SEHA is committed to continuous improvement of customer care to recognized international standards and providing our customers and communities served world class healthcare. SEHA has partnered with internationally recognized hospital managers to achieve these goals. These include Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, VAMED, Medical University of Vienna, Bumrungrad International and Fresenius Medical Care. SEHA owns and operates 12 hospitals with 2,644 beds, 62 ambulatory care, family care and urgent care centers and 2 blood banks. SEHA is one of the largest integrated healthcare providers in the Middle East with more than 17,000 doctors, nurses, ancillary care and administrative personnel in its employ. Visit our website at www.seha.ae.
About Johns Hopkins Medicine International
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) facilitates the global development of the Johns Hopkins Medicine mission: to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. As the international access point to thousands of Johns Hopkins experts in medicine, nursing, public health and health care administration, JHI coordinates treatment for out-of-town patients who travel to Baltimore and for local patients with limited English proficiency. It also provides services in hospital management, health care consulting and clinical education through strategic alliances and affiliations in the Middle East, Latin America, North America, Europe.
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