• The specialized clinics will have the capacity of 254 patients per hour.
  • The project is expected to start in the first quarter of 2020. 

UAE, Dubai: The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Dubai Hospital will be expanding its services with a four-storey building dedicated to 127 specialised outpatient clinics.

The building will include four floors, which will be home to 127 specialized clinics in the fields of ophthalmology, Internal medicine, orthopaedics, cardiovascular, endocrine, tumors, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, dental and reproductive medicine.

The DHA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Emirates Islamic Bank to support the initiative by donating AED25 million to build the building.

The MoU was signed on Monday at the DHA headquarters in Dubai in the attendance of H.E Humaid Al Qutami, Director General of the DHA and H.E Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Chairman of Emirates Islamic, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Emirates NBD.

Mr Ahmad Al Nuami, CEO of DHA’s Joint Corporate Support Services sector and Mr Salah Mohammed Amin Abdullah CEO of Emirates Islamic Bank signed the MoU.

This expansion project aims to move existing specialized medical services in the hospital to the new building, in line with strategy of the DHA to enhance treatment and diagnostic services and increase capacity to meet growing demand from the UAE and aboard.

The new building will also help avoid crowdedness, as in 2018, the DHA reported that 2.17 million customers visited outpatient clinics across its facilities, out of which, 360,000 visited Dubai Hospital’s outpatient clinics.

Commenting on the MoU, Al Qutami said that the authority appreciates the support of Emirate Islamic Bank adding that the bank’s contribution to the authority’s projects and initiatives reflects its noble goals and keenness to support the authority in serving people and ensure their happiness.

He added that the generous contribution from Emirates Islamic Bank guarantees the completion of the project on time, and in accordance with international standards.

Commenting on the contribution, Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Chairman of Emirates Islamic, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Emirates NBD, said: “We are extremely pleased to contribute to Dubai Health Authority in order to expand the facilities at Dubai Hospital and offer quality medical care for the community. This is in keeping with our objective to support charitable causes via the Emirates Islamic Charity Fund. We hope that our contribution will help effect positive change and provide patients a world-class healthcare experience in a unique medical facility.”  

Salah Amin, Chief Executive Officer at Emirates Islamic, said: “Charity is a cornerstone of Islamic finance and as one of the country’s leading Islamic banks, we are fully committed to supporting the community and ensuring they can access high quality medical facilities easily. Our contribution to the expansion of Dubai Hospital is another step in our collaboration with government hospitals and support them to become truly world-class medical facilities.” 

The specialized clinics will have the capacity of 254 patients per hour. The radiology facility will have the capacity of 46 patients per hour.

The 32,100 square meter building, which is two and half times bigger than existing specialized clinics in Dubai Hospital is expected to start in the first quarter of 2020.

The ground floor will include a lab, radiology facility, pharmacy, cafeteria etc….

The first floor will include 34 specialized clinics for ENT, Ophthalmology, Internal medicine, Orthopaedics. The second floor will include 43 specialized clinics for cardiovascular, endocrine, tumours and surgery. The third floor will include 50 specialized clinics obstetrics and gynaecology, dental and reproductive medicine and the fourth floor will be for future expansions.

The new clinics will focus on having plenty of natural light and will be surrounded by greenery to provide a comfortable environment for patients. It will rely on sustainable energy. Its will be “People of Determination” friendly to ensure easy access.

The DHA stressed that customer’s satisfaction and trust in its facilities has led to the increasing demand on its hospitals, medical clinics and centers.

This trust drives the authority to continue on expanding and developing its services, facilities, programs and initiatives to provide quality diagnostic and treatment services and meet the growing demand of customers who come to Dubai Hospital to benefit from its skilled doctors and state-of-the-art technologies.

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For further information, please contact:
Kamakshi Gupta and Noor Nazzal
Communications Analysts- Media Dept.
Dubai Health Authority
klgupta@dha.gov.ae  nnnazzal@dha.gov.ae
+9714 2197455

About the Dubai Health Authority:

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) was created, in June 2007, by Law 13 issued by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, with an expanded vision to include strategic oversight for the complete health sector in Dubai and enhance private sector engagement. 

Prior to the establishment of the DHA, the Department of Health and Medical Services, which was established in 1973, was the functioning authority that almost exclusively focused on health service delivery.

In May 2018, H.H Sheikh Mohammed, issued Law No. (6) of 2018 of the DHA. The new Law further enables the DHA to achieve its objectives including regulating medical services in Dubai, enhancing competiveness and transparency, improving medical services and products based on international best practices and achieving the sector’s objectives according to approved strategic plans.

H.H Sheikh Mohammed also issued Decree No. 17 of 2018 establishing subsidiaries of the DHA: the Dubai Healthcare Corporation and Dubai Health Insurance Corporation to further enhance healthcare services in Dubai and enable DHA to fulfil its responsibilities and obligations.

Three new strategic sectors were also added as part of the decree; they include Strategy and Corporate Development, Health Regulation, and Shared Support Services.

In addition to overseeing the health sector for the Emirate of Dubai, the DHA also focuses on providing services through DHA healthcare facilities including Latifa, Dubai, Rashid and Hatta Hospitals, its 12 primary healthcare centres, 17 medical fitness centres and its 6 specialty centres.

For more information, visit DHA’s website: www.dha.gov.ae 

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