According to a consultant and head of the emergency department at Rashid Hospital, Dr. Sarah Kazem, accidents, angina pectoris, cardiac and stroke are the main reasons for emergency admission to Rashid Hospital.He said that the hospital receives about 50 cases of poisoning every month due to snakebites and scorpions and overdoses of medicines. Sometimes suicide attempts.
She explained in a press statement yesterday, that the Health Authority in Dubai is considering the expansion of the treatment of poison patients, through the increase of medical staff, and the formation of a specialized team, to become one of the most important departments ready and efficient in the treatment of poisoning cases.
She revealed that 10% of cases reaching the emergency department of Rashid Hospital are classified as critical, as a result of accidents, heart attacks, chest and respiratory slaughter and strokes, and the rest are emergencies, but less serious than critical cases, which must receive appropriate treatment without the need to stay in the hospital.
She added that the hospital is working to facilitate the procedures of the Department of Emergency and Injuries Department, through the development of a plan to resolve the obstacles faced by the patient during his dealings with the department, most notably complaints about the length of waiting time, where it receives 450 patients per day, and aims to be a short waiting period during the coming period. The waiting time for non-emergency cases may be up to one or two hours.
She said that 15% of emergency patients are referred to specialized departments, and the rest are discharged from the emergency after their treatment without referral to any destination within the hospital, and that of this statistic about 50 cases of poisoning enter the hospital every month as a result of drug poisoning, snakebites, scorpions and others. The emergency doctors' readiness for medical coverage for Expo 2020, including the Department's medical cadres up to 80 doctors, also provides the Department of events organized by «Dubai Health».
Humaid Al Qatami, Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority, said: “Millions of people worldwide face many risks to their health and lives, prompting international emergency medicine professionals to advocate for the continuous development of health systems and improve life Injury centers and critical cases, which represent the duties of human health work in the first place, therefore, we are keen in the Health Authority to be always ready and highly prepared, to ensure urgent health care, through the advanced and advanced emergency departments in our medical facilities, which Counting the center of power in our body, the first guarantee to save people's lives and maintain safety. »
He added: «The success of any health facility depends on the ability and efficiency of emergency departments, and the level of response to urgent situations and exceptional and emergency conditions, and we are all proud of our emergency departments, as we are proud of the medical and medical staff and medical support, based on them, who appreciate its role».
He pointed to the presence of a high level emergency team in Dubai, which includes members of the elite officials in the competent authorities and departments, to respond quickly to any circumstances or emergencies possible.
Dubai is a global healthcare center
Dr. Sarah Kazim, Consultant and Head of Emergency Department at Rashid Hospital, said that during the last two decades, Dubai has witnessed a radical transformation and has become a global center for business, commerce and tourism, where a quarter of the cranes in the world have been occupied in building what we now see Dubai, since 2006, which imposed the necessity Growth of the health sector Dubai has become a global healthcare center.
• 10% of cases reaching the emergency department of Rashid Hospital are classified as critical.