DHA announces Ramadan timings
Dubai, June 26, 2014
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has revealed the healthcare facilities timings during the holy month of Ramadan.
The facilities include DHA hospitals, administration, primary health centres and medical fitness centres, said a statement.
The DHA hospitals and health centres will work as per shift timings and medical practitioners will be on call to ensure work continues as usual. The emergency departments of all DHA hospitals will be functional round-the-clock.
The specialist out-patient clinics, including those in Latifa Hospital will be open from Sunday to Thursday from nine am to two pm.
The Dubai hospital outpatient clinic will be open from eight am to one pm and from 1:30 pm to six pm on weekdays and Rashid Hospital outpatient clinic will be open from eight am to one pm and 2:30 pm to 6.30 pm on weekdays.
The Hatta Hospital outpatient clinic and family medicine clinic will be open from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm.
In terms of primary healthcare centres (PHCs), the Nad Al Hamar and Al Barsha health centre will function round-the-clock on all days. All other DHA primary healthcare centres will be open from nine am to two pm and from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. On Saturdays, these PHCs will be open from nine am to two pm.
The Dubai Diabetes Centre working hours will be nine am to two pm on weekdays. The Thalassemia Centre will be open from seven am to 10 pm and the Dubai Gynaecology and Fertility Centre will be open from nine am to two pm and ultrasound appointments will be from 7:30 am to 8:30 am.
The working hours for DHA administration will be from nine am to two pm from Sundays to Thursdays and for Hatta Hospital it will be 8:30 am to 10:30 am.
In terms of the medical fitness centres, the Al Muhaisnah centre will be open on round-the-clock from Sundays to Thursdays, except during Suhoor and Iftar, when staff members will take a short break before resuming their duties.
The Al Rashidiya, Al Towar, Al Khawaneej, Dafza , Emirates Airlines, Al Safa, Al Badaa, Al Mankhool, Al Lusaily and DIFC medical fitness centre will be open from Sunday to Thursday from nine am to two pm.
The Medical Fitness Centre in Al Karama will be open from nine am to five pm from Sundays to Thursdays and from nine am to two pm on Saturdays.
Al Quoz medical fitness centre will be open from eight am to four pm from Sundays to Thursdays while the JafzaAFZA and Knowledge Village centres will be open from eight am to one pm. - TradeArabia News Service
