Sheikh Khalifa Specialized Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah has received 1,250 patients, including 750 patients referred from abroad and 500 from within the UAE, for treatment in the centers of cancer and oncology, cardiology, neurology and cardiovascular surgery, since it opened in February 2015 until the end of last August.
The hospital's chief executive, Dr. Chang Suk-soo, told Emirates Today that the hospital had received 750 referrals at the Oncology Center, referring from outpatient centers and hospitals.
He explained that cancer patients make up 50% of patients referred from abroad, and Suh attributed the transfer of patients from abroad to the great development in the oncology center in the hospital, which follows the latest international protocols in the diagnosis and treatment of various types of tumors.
He pointed out that the hospital has received 500 cases of patients from the GCC countries transferred from hospitals from inside and outside the country to the centers of oncology and neurosurgery, neurosurgery and cardiovascular medicine in the hospital, which confirms the increased confidence in the services provided by the hospital in the region. .
He explained that the oncology centers in the hospital support the integrated treatment courses needed by the patient from chemotherapy, radiological and surgical sessions, in addition to the periodic diagnostic procedures necessary to follow the progress of the patient's health and to develop the treatment plan.
For his part, the head of government communication and international relations, Dr. Mustafa Sayyed al-Hashemi, said that the hospital provides superior treatment services, comparable to the latest international treatment centers, and that patients are received and examinations necessary after their return from their therapeutic trips from international centers to the homeland, embraced them hospital Sheikh Khalifa Specialist, gave them the necessary care in the fine specialties.