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258 U N I T E D A R A B E M I R AT E S Y E A R B O O K 2 0 0 8‘To ensure that accessand standards areconsistent, genuineaccreditation standardsand a rigorous systemof inspection andquality control acrossall institutions arerequired to lift theoverall standardof health care inthe Emirate.’both Abu Dhabi and Baltimore in the United States, while acollaborative relationship has been established between the JohnsHopkins University School of Medicine Faculty with the Emirateof Abu Dhabi's Medical Education Programme.HAAD also concluded a long-term agreement with the NewEngland Centre for Children (NECC), under the terms of whichthe award-winning Massachusetts-based institute will establish acomprehensive education programme and other much-neededservices for children affected by autism spectrum disorders (ASD)and their families.Overall, Abu Dhabi Executive Council Policy Agenda points out:‘To ensure that access and standards are consistent, genuineaccreditation standards and a rigorous system of inspection andquality control across all institutions are required to lift theoverall standard of health care in the Emirate. Moreover, thesemeasures need to be accompanied by programmes to upgradethe qualification of doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well asintensified and mandated continuous medical education.’HAAD coordinates its activities with the Federal Ministry ofHealth and its advisory council.NEW HOSPITALSThe Ministry of Health has responsibility for the planning andconstruction of new hospitals, clinics, laboratories, cardiac centresand nursing schools costing over Dh2 billion in Dubai and theother Northern Emirates, including reconstruction of the 200-bed Hope Psychiatric Hospital in Dubai at a total cost of Dh350million; a Dh25 million dental clinic at Hor Al Anz and a radiationprotection laboratory.Plans for Sharjah include a 200-bed obstetrics and gynaecologyhospital costing Dh350 million, five primary health clinics, aDh28 million dental clinic at Khor Fakkan, and a Dh20 millionopen heart surgery centre, which will be the first of its kind inthe Northern Emirates.In Ajman a Dh150 million extension at the Sheikh KhalifaHospital, which will be completed by the end of 2008, will house
S O C I A L D E V E L O P M E N T259a gynaecology ward. In 2008, the Ministry will take delivery of aDh50 million hospital at Masfut, a Dh20 million dental clinic, aDh30 million preventive medicine clinic and a Dh10 millionprimary health centre.In Umm al-Qaiwain, contractors have been invited to submitoffers for building the 200-bed Umm al-Qaiwain hospital at anestimated cost of Dh400 million. Other centres are also underconstruction for preventive medicine, school health, dental andprimary health care.Construction has commenced on the Dh600 million KhalifaSpeciality Hospital in Ra’s al-Khaimah, which will have oncology,cardiology, paediatrics and general surgery units, and the Shamhospital will be extended and renovated at a total cost of Dh100million. A primary healthcare centre at Julfar was opened in@www.uaeinteract.com/healthPresident HH Sheikh Khalifabin Zayed Al Nahyan inspectsa model of the proposedKhalifa Specialty Hospital tobe built in Ra’s al-Khaimah.A new Dh100 millionpublic-privatehealthcare facility wasopened in 2007adjacent to SaqrHospital in Ra’s al-Khaimah.
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