The victims of accidents, burns and cancerous diseases live a difficult life due to the disfigurement of their bodies resulting from the loss of a layer of their skins. They find no solution to distance themselves from the curiosity that surrounds them from all sides except isolation from society and introversion. Social and psychological dimensions - other dimensions, related to the disruption of part of the labor force, and may be to refrain from looking for a partner for life, to avoid falling into the embarrassment.
Dubai Health Authority (DHA) recently announced the establishment of a human skin bank specifically designed to treat burns and accident victims by implanting skin after removing them from other patients while undergoing treatment for obesity at HMO hospitals.
Dr. Yunus Kazim, Executive Director of Dubai Health Care Corporation, told Emirates Al Youm that large quantities of human skin resulting from removal of hair during obesity surgery were dumped in dedicated dumps, In a way, until a medical team at Rashid Hospital thought it was stored so that they could take advantage of it in surgery for patients who had lost parts of their skin.
Kazem added: "The Authority is keen to take the legal opinion in the establishment of the bank, which allowed the jurists, as it provides solutions for human therapeutic methods innovative scientific, and it helps the patient to speed recovery and healing, not only cosmetic and cosmetic, Human, and protect them from negative complications as well ».
The Skin Bank offers therapeutic and cosmetic solutions to patients, giving many people with deformities caused by loss of skin the hope of a better life, free from psychological problems, as well as enhancing their ability to coexist with the community again.
Dr. Kazem confirmed the study of the inclusion of skin transplants in insurance coverage, pointing out that there is a specialized team in the Authority studying the modernization of insurance benefits to include this aspect among the different treatments, as is the case in many countries of the world.
He stressed that the Authority is keen to provide everything that is in the interest of the patient regardless of the type of treatment, in order to achieve happiness and well-being, in line with the direction of the government, noting that the bank will rely in the stockpile in the first phase on government hospitals, and will cooperate with the private sector to provide the necessary quantities of Skin at a later stage, as well as partnering with a number of global institutions in Europe and America. He stressed that the use of the skin of a patient to treat another patient will not be only with the consent of the owner of the skin, with the need to make sure that it is free from diseases before planting.
The Commission was keen to take the legal opinion in the establishment of the bank, and permitted by jurists.
Dubai Health is considering inserting skin transplants into insurance coverage.