Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that it is tightening its inspection and monitoring procedures for day-care centers in Dubai and medical announcements. It revealed that the percentage of medical errors in Dubai is 1.39 per 10,000 surgical operations, and that it dealt with 26 medical errors last year.

The Director General of the Authority, Hamid Mohammed Al Qatami, said during a press conference held yesterday at the headquarters of the Health Regulatory Authority of the Authority that Dubai has 50 centers for day surgery, pointing out that the health sector in Dubai has witnessed a clear growth in recent years at the level of enterprises The number of hospitals, centers and clinics has reached 3,331 hospitals, centers and clinics until this year, with 38,981 health professionals, including 10,500 and 556 doctors, while the number of patients attending hospitals and government centers is 1,313,193. The private hospitals have seven million and 897 thousand And 899 transactions during 2018, at the time The same health tourism revenues achieved one billion and 163 million dirhams last year.

On the issue of the young woman, Rawda al-Mu'aini, who is the victim of medical negligence, Al-Qatami said that the Commission will complete its preliminary investigations by the end of this week, and that the Commission deals with the utmost transparency and objectivity in this matter, to all the facts and evidence that enhance the efforts of the competent authorities, The current legal investigations, expressing his hope for the speedy recovery of the UAE girl.

In dealing with the incident, the Commission took into consideration the specificity of the case.

He stressed that the Commission will not accept any wrong practices that endanger the safety and lives of patients, and will not be negligent in this matter.

"The state has ensured the highest standards of health care and enacted laws and regulations that enhance the quality of medical services and regulate health practices in all fields and disciplines to be of the highest professional standards."

He pointed out that the health sector in Dubai has witnessed a quantum leap. The official reports of the Authority indicate that the rates of international appropriations for government and private medical facilities increased to 97% in clear progress towards the national goal of 100% by 2021.

He pointed out that last year witnessed approximately 34 thousand operations in government hospitals and 90 thousand operations in the private health sector, indicating the enormous capacity and potential of medical facilities, not exceeding 1.39 medical error per 10,000 operations.

Al-Qatami revealed that Dubai has attracted 337,000 medical tourists, 33% of them from the Arab world and the GCC, mainly from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman, and 30% from Asia, mainly from China, India, Iran and Pakistan, and 16% from Europe, The United States and France, as well as medical tourists from Africa.

Statistics

- 33% growth in medical facilities in Dubai.

- 1.39 medical errors per 10,000 operations.

- AED 163 million and proceeds from medical tourism in Dubai.

- 50 day surgery centers in Dubai.

- 3371 medical facilities in Dubai.

- 38 thousand and 981 health professionals working in the Emirate.

- 34 thousand operations in government hospitals and 90 thousand operations in the «private».

- 337 thousand medical tourists in the Emirate annually.

- 600 medical and treatment packages offered by Dubai.

- The FDA dealt with 26 medical errors last year.

- 306 medical complaints since the beginning of this year.

- About 600 medical complaints received by the Authority annually.