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HEALTH CARE IN DUBAI

Since oil was first discovered in 1962, the Government has invested heavily in the health service financing 81% of the cost, and is now ranked 43rd out of 174 other developing countries. The primary health care package covers maternal and child welfare, school health and health education. Public hospitals have telemedicine links and state of the art surgical techniques which enable them to link to medical bodies like the Royal College of Surgeons when performing complex operations such as open heart surgery and organ transplants. . With a population which has increased ten fold over the past twenty years, there are still plans to double the current 9000 bed capacity over the next ten years. There is one doctor for every 600 people, one nurse for every 225 and one hospital bed for every 250.

The private sector is also thriving with 9 hospitals, 44 polyclinics and over 1300 doctors.

There are excellent local training facilities for nurses, paramedic and doctors run by some of the world's top specialists.

The Government health care system is administered by the Federal Ministry of Health. Non UAE nationals are asked to pay Dh300 per annum to obtain a health card which entitles them to access to medical services at minimal fees. This health card is a mandatory requirement and without it expatriate workers will not be able to obtain a work permit. Officials from the ministry of Health spends more than five times the amount of medical fees collected through this system, so to ease this burden government clinics no longer provide free medicine and instead it has to be purchased from a pharmacy. Also visitors to the UAE and residents without current health cards have to pay full fees for hospital treatment or surgery.