Healthcare sector to be revamped

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has stressed on the need to standardise the quality of health and curative services so as to gain the confidence of patients, especially those who seek treatment abroad.

The remarks were made in the first meeting of the Federal Health Authority at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi under the chairmanship of Health Minister Dr Hanif Hassan.

He stressed in the meeting that the authority would draw up proposals to be submitted to the Cabinet, which will take appropriate resolutions that will upgrade the healthcare sector in the UAE. 

“Gaining confidence of a patient in our health institutions and doctors is the responsibility of the authority and other competent authorities so as to curb travel abroad for treatment,” he said, reiterating that the Federal Health Authority was set to raise efficiency of health institutions.

The authority is also tasked to develop financial resources as specified by the constitution without infringing on services rendered to UAE nationals. 

It is also assigned to manage and set up health institutions and equip them with latest medical devices to compete regionally and internationally. 

A team has been set up to activate the work of authority’s board, which is headed by the minister of health. A think tank has also been assigned to set a general framework for the authority.

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