Dh70m Al Barsha Medical Centre completes

Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), announced today the completion of the state-of-the-art Al Barsha Health Centre. Al Murooshid had first laid the foundation stone of this health centre in April 2011.

Today, the construction of the centre is completed and the centre will be operational for the public this year.

The centre is located in Al Barsha 2, has a built up area of 65,000 sq ft and has been constructed with an investment of Dhs70 million.

The centre will serve a population of approximately 60,000 people living in the vicinity. Al Murooshid said that the initiative to add new health centres and strengthen primary health care is as per the instructions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and as per the directions of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Al Murooshid said: "We recognize that primary healthcare is frontline healthcare, it is the first line of care for the members of our community and therefore it is our strategy to focus on further strengthening and developing primary healthcare centres. In 2011, we inaugurated two new health centres - the Nadd Al Hamar and Al Mizhar health centre and this year, the Al Barsha health centre will be operational for the people living in the vicinity. It is our aim to add at least one new primary healthcare centre each year." He added that in 2011, across the 14 DHA primary healthcare centres, over 700,000 patients booked appointments across various specialities including maternity and child care.
 
"This number highlights the importance of primary healthcare for our community members. We consider PHC's to be an integral part of our overall strategy for further developing healthcare in the Emirate." Al Murooshid added that the Al Barsha centre will provide multidisciplinary services to its population. It will have two family clinics, specialist clinics, a dental clinic, maternity and child care, x-ray and laboratory, health screening services and a pharmacy.
 
The DHA primary health care centres include Al Mamzar, Abu Hail, Al Qusais Al Twar Al Rashidiya, Al Khawaneej, Nadd Al Hammar, Al Mizhar, Al Safa, Al Mankhool, Al Lisaily, Al Barsha, Umm Suqeim, Al Bada'a and Nad Al Sheba health centre.

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