The decrease in some of them exceeded 50%.

Dubai Health Authority reduces the price of 11 services

Dubai Health reduced the price of "interventional radiotherapy anesthesia" to 145 dirhams.

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The Dubai Health Authority decided to reduce the prices of 11 types of its medical services, at various rates, some of which exceeded 50% of the original price for the service, and the authority also set new prices for the hundreds of services it provides.

According to Administrative Decision No. 142 of 2020, concerning the amendment of Administrative Resolution No. 35 of 2019 approving the prices of some health services at the authority, which was issued by the Director General of the Authority, Hamid Muhammad Al Qatami, the cuts came after the approval of the Department of Finance of the Government of Dubai.

The tests, whose prices were reduced, included the “pulmonary ventilation or perfusion examination, which is a pair of nuclear scanning tests. These tests use inhaled radioactive materials to measure respiration and blood circulation in all areas of the lungs. This examination is in fact two tests, and its price has been reduced from 1148 to 750. Dirhams, at a 35% discount.

The decision included reducing the price of the service of administering a drug or a specific substance into the patient's vein for a period of one hour for diagnosis, treatment, or prevention, from 660 to 124 dirhams, and the price of anesthesia service for electric shock treatment was reduced from 510 dirhams to 145 dirhams.

The authority reduced the price of anesthesia service for lithotripsy, from 1275 to 145 dirhams, by 88.6% of the original price, reduced the price of anesthesia for non-surgical imaging or radiotherapy from 351 to 145 dirhams, and reduced the price of anesthesia for interventional radiotherapy from 245 to 145 dirhams. .

The decision indicated a reduction in the price of anesthesia service for interventional radiotherapy from 404 dirhams to 145 dirhams, by 64% of the original price, and the price of anesthesia for natural childbirth decreased from 1227 to 145 dirhams, with a significant reduction of 88%, and the price of anesthesia decreased. For a cesarean delivery from 1403 to 145 dirhams, at a rate of 90% of the old price.

The decision included reducing the price of comprehensive orthodontic service for adolescents from 8470 to 7755 dirhams, and the price of comprehensive orthodontic treatment for adult teeth decreased from 11250 to 7755 dirhams, which is the same price for the service for adolescents.

The decision included adding some services and their prices to the price list, and the list included hundreds of health services provided by the authority, and the price of most types of anesthesia for its various purposes was fixed at 145 dirhams, while the highest prices were cardiovascular surgeries.

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