The Minister of Health and Community Protection revealed that the state implemented a seven-stage plan to reduce the prices of imported medicines, which ended in reducing the prices of 9,840 items between an innovator and an analyst, stressing that the state makes 155 innovative classes of similar drugs, but it is in At the same time, it is keen to import all types of newly innovative drugs, which have the rights to produce international companies, to meet the drug needs of all citizens and residents.

This came during a meeting of the Federal National Council, which was held yesterday, headed by Speaker of the Council, Saqr Ghobash, to discuss a general topic regarding services provided by telecommunications companies, during which the Committee for Technical Affairs, Energy and Mineral Resources of the Council presented the results of a public questionnaire conducted by it that included complaints of high prices. Weak communication services in general, and specifically during the period of precautionary measures taken by the state to confront the spread of the new Corona virus, which showed complaints about the high cost and weakness of services, while General Director of the General Authority for Communications Regulatory Authority, Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, pledged during the session that the telecommunications sector in the state It will radically change the recruitment system of telecom companies.

The session, which is considered the longest "remote", began with more than eight hours, with members of the council asking five questions to representatives of the government, including three questions for the Minister of Health and Community Protection, the Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs, Abdul Rahman Al-Owais, the first directed by the council member, Dr. Hawa Al-Dahhak Al-Mansouri, on the ministry's efforts in supporting health services (treatment and medicine), where the minister stressed that doctors in state hospitals do not provide in their prescriptions the names of drugs, but they write the name of the therapeutic substance for each drug.

He said: «We are proud to provide many similar medicines manufactured locally, as the state has succeeded in manufacturing 155 innovative pharmaceutical brands, but there are types of newly innovative drugs, which have the rights to produce certain international companies, we always strive to provide them to our patients from citizens and residents without compromise or Waiting for the manufacture of the similar ones, out of our concern to provide full health care ».

The minister stressed that since 2008 the state started major measures to control the price of medicines and stabilize them without looking at the differences in foreign exchange rates, pointing out that the country reduced the prices of imported medicines during a seven-stage plan, which ended in reducing the price of 9,840 drug brands between an innovator and an analogous.

With regard to the level of health services provided in the country, Al Owais mentioned that the services provided in state hospitals have reached a distinguished level befitting the UAE, noting that the quality approval rate in these hospitals reached 85%.

He said: “We conducted a survey related to the percentage of people with diabetes in the country, and finally, in cooperation with the World Health Organization, its results showed that the incidence of the disease among the population of the country decreased from 15% to 11.8%, which represents a major qualitative leap, reflecting the efforts of the state in this. In this respect, the UAE, according to international rankings, has achieved the first ranks in many evaluations of the level of health care and the control of a large number of diseases, including the first in the classification of quality of health care data, health care coverage, and national programs for early detection of diseases and child health, in addition to To third place globally in the level of health care services ».

In response to a question from the council member, Dr. Moza Al-Amri, on "establishing fertility centers in the state", Al Owais explained that the UAE has kept up with all the developments in modern medicine, and the ministry has been keen to provide all services, enact legislation and provide protection to receive health services, stressing that the state has taken care Provided that there is a distinct qualitative level in relation to fertilization centers without focusing on the number that exceeds 22 centers, of which three are government.

He said: "The services are available smoothly and there is no long waiting list, and those who need more citizens than the available level are provided and bear their expenses and dispatch cases abroad to obtain treatment," noting that there is a study to establish a center in the northern emirates.

In response to a question from the second deputy head of the council, Naima Al-Sharhan, on "establishing youth centers and councils", the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Youth Foundation, Shamma Bint Suhail Al Mazroui, confirmed that the number of youth centers affiliated with the Foundation has reached 13 centers, and the Foundation has also approved Three youth policies during a year, and also the number of digital services provided for activities and services reached 26 services, noting that the Federal Youth Foundation runs 112 service and creative fields that provide more than 100 services for young people in various emirates of the country, all of which are available free of charge daily, from 8 in the morning until 10 evening.

During his discussion of a general topic regarding the services provided by telecommunications companies, the Federal National Council called on the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector to implement the decisions of the Council of Ministers by agreeing to previous parliamentary recommendations for the Council on setting a legal framework that obligates telecommunications companies (operators) with specific and escalating annualization rates annually, and preventing them from Providing its local services from outside the state within the framework of its social responsibilities, and enabling the Authority to localize the sector by amending its establishment law, specifically with regard to the specialties to include Emiratisation, stressing that the number of appointments of expatriates is close to twice the number of appointments of citizens in each of the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat), and the company Emirates Integrated Telecommunications (du), compared to the rise in the number of resignations.

Meanwhile, Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, stressed that the state’s communications sector will witness a fundamental change in the recruitment system of telecommunications companies, giving priority to citizens in obtaining jobs through specific mechanisms that are subject to follow-up and linking with the agencies concerned with employment and resettlement, stressing The telecommunications companies cannot terminate the services of any citizen employee or reduce his salary individually, but this is done by referring to a relevant committee that examines the reasons and holds hearings for the employee before taking any action, whether by resigning or ending his services.

He pointed out that the most common problems facing the process of resettlement in the telecommunications sector are the fact that the majority of students are young citizens who go to literary disciplines, while we need to resettle sectors in the scientific disciplines, including the communications sector.

79% dissatisfied with the prices of communications during the crisis «Corona»

During the session, the Technical Affairs, Energy and Mineral Resources Committee of the Federal National Council presented the results of a public questionnaire conducted by the committee on the quality of services provided by companies operating in the telecommunications sector within the state, confirming that it ended up that 75% of the respondents believe that the prices of services provided by telecommunications companies are high, And 44% of respondents believe that telecommunications companies do not provide any offers and initiatives sufficient for those with determination and senior citizens in the state, and 34% of respondents believe that the quality of telecommunications companies' services in the state is acceptable, while 35% of respondents see the slow pace of telecommunications companies in solving problems Customer. The questionnaire touched on evaluating the quality of services provided by telecommunications companies in light of the spread of the new “Corona” epidemic (COFED-19) in the country, as the results concluded that 62.78% of respondents were dissatisfied in varying proportions on the quality of all the company's services in light of the spread of the epidemic, Whereas, 37.22% of respondents expressed their satisfaction in varying proportions on the quality of all the company's services in light of the spread of the epidemic. With regard to evaluating the company's speed in solving customer problems in light of the spread of the epidemic, the questionnaire stated that 65.64% of respondents are dissatisfied with varying proportions of the company's speed in solving customer problems in light of the spread of the epidemic, while 34.36% of respondents expressed satisfaction with ratios Varying about the company's speed in solving customer problems in light of the spread of the epidemic.

Regarding the evaluation of the prices of services provided by the company in light of the spread of the epidemic, the questionnaire concluded that 78.98% of respondents were dissatisfied in varying proportions, while 34.36% of respondents expressed their satisfaction in varying proportions with the prices of services provided by the company in light of the spread of the epidemic.

Regarding the evaluation of companies providing sufficient offers and initiatives in light of the spread of the epidemic, the questionnaire confirmed that 78.09% of respondents were dissatisfied in varying proportions, while 21.91% of respondents expressed satisfaction with varying proportions of companies providing sufficient offers and initiatives in light of the spread of the epidemic.

Refused to attend

The Chairman of the Federal National Council, Saqr Ghobash, asked a question for the Director-General of the General Authority for Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, Hamad Obaid Al-Mansouri, about the reasons for the absence of officials of telecommunications companies operating in the state from attending the Council session, despite being dedicated to discussing the topic of services provided by those companies, stressing that the Authority The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority is a representative of the government and not a representative of companies. Therefore, these companies should have attended discussions and answered questions and inquiries. While the Technical Affairs, Energy and Mineral Resources Committee assured the Council that it had invited the meeting with representatives of companies operating in the telecommunications sector, during the preparation of the final report on the subject of the session, but the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority informed the members of the committee that the companies operating in the telecommunications sector apologized for not attending the meeting And that the authority cannot direct companies to meet with the committee if it does not want to.

Club "worn out"

Member of the Council, Ahmed Abdullah Al-Shehhi, asked a Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Foundation for Youth, Shama Bint Suhail Al Mazroui, about "the replacement and development of the scientific club in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah", where the Minister stated that the Ministry of Infrastructure Development supervises the rehabilitation The various centers in the country, and the club’s current status was discussed with the ministry, noting that the ministry’s technical team made it clear that the building was worn out and there was a recommendation to replace it. She said: "We worked to implement this recommendation, and we stopped working in the building, and we work in coordination with the Ministry with a work plan, whether with replacement or redevelopment and the renewal of the entire scientific club."

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A creative and service arena run by the Federal Youth Foundation that provides more than 100 services for young people in various emirates of the country.

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