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DHCC receives record 1.2m patient visits

DUBAI, January 26, 2015

Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), a lading healthcare free zone, said it received a record 1.2 million patient visits by the end of last year, up from a million visits recorded the previous year.

About 15 per cent of the patients were medical tourists, with 48 per cent of them from the GCC, according to a DHCC-commissioned survey.

More than 740 new healthcare professionals were licensed during the year, with nine new healthcare facilities operational in the zone and 17 new commercial offices established, it said.

Dr Raja Easa Al Gurg, vice-chairperson, DHCC Authority, said: “The world’s largest healthcare free zone has proven to be a springboard from which healthcare delivery, medical education and research, and medical tourism have leaped ahead. This growth is evident through Dubai Healthcare City’s expanding patient base, growing medical education avenues, and concerted efforts to strengthen regulatory for local and overseas patients.

“Growth is also evident in DHCC’s track record of projects built to address the gaps specific to the UAE and wider GCC region. The most recent project is the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, which will groom the future generation of healthcare professionals.

“Healthcare in the region is pegged to witness exponential growth in the coming years fueled by population growth, rise in chronic diseases, high disposable income, sophisticated spending patterns and political stability. We are confident that DHCC is well positioned to lead sector growth in tandem with the anticipated demand.”

Marwan Abedin, chief executive officer, Dubai Healthcare City, said: “We marked 12 years of growth in 2014. The year will historically be one of the most dynamic going by the sheer momentum of progress with pinnacle announcements being the setting up of the Mohammad Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Mohammad Bin Rashid University Hospital.

“We introduced advanced standards of governance for licensing and complaints, and signed agreements with strategic partners to advance healthcare and medical education. We are optimistic about 2015 bearing witness to new milestones as projects in Phase 2 unfold.”

Meanwhile, education is the core of DHCC’s operations, crowned with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Academic Medical Center (MBR- AMC). The academic complex is home to Al Maktoum Medical Library and the Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Medical Simulation Center (KHMSC).

It will house the recently announced Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBR-UMHS) which is being developed in parallel with the Mohammad Bin Rashid University Hospital. The MBR-UMHS will offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees for both Emiratis and expatriates. - TradeArabia News Service




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