Dubai, UAE: His Excellency Humaid Al Qutami, Director General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) inspected Dubai Hospital’s expansion projects last Tuesday.

The expansions aim to enhance the customer’s journey at Dubai hospital and provide quality healthcare services that achieve customer satisfaction and happiness.

Al Qutami inspected the emergency department, which receives 120,000 patients yearly. The department has completed the first phase of expansions that includes developing the resuscitation rooms, isolation rooms, patient treatment rooms, reception and waiting rooms.

He also toured the expansion of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. The expansion aims to increase the bed capacity from nine beds to 14 beds. The isolation rooms will also undergo expansions to include the latest technologies, equipment and smart solutions.

Al Qutami listened to an explanation by the CEO of the Hospital, Dr Maryam Al Rais on the importance of expanding the services in the field of intensive care surgeries and open-heart surgeries. She said that this expansion, effectively contributes to reducing crowdedness and efficiently serving the largest number of patients—who range from 400-500 patients annually—in line with the best international services and practices.

Al Qutami stressed the importance of meeting the deadline of these projects, which aim to facilitate the trip of patients and provide the best services to achieve customer satisfaction.

Al Qutami concluded his tour with the parking expansion project, which includes 916 spaces to meet the growing demand on the hospital’s services. He thanked those working at the hospital while stressing that they have a tangible role in the continuous development of the healthcare sector of Dubai.

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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 centers, 17 medical fitness centers and its 6 specialty centers.

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

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