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13% decrease in the number of therapists abroad within a year

There is a continuous development in the capabilities and capacities of the health sector in the Emirate of Dubai.

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The Dubai Health Authority revealed that the number of patients treated outside the country decreased by 13.2% within a year, stressing that this is an indication of the high level of efficiency of health care in the Emirate of Dubai.

In its newly released annual statistical report, the authority stated that the total number of patients treated abroad during 2021 amounted to 283 patients, compared to 326 patients in 2020, with a decrease of 13.2%, which indicates a high level of efficiency in health care in the Emirate of Dubai.

And she continued: «The increasing efficiency of the health system in the emirate directly reduced the number of treatment cases abroad during that period, as the highest percentages of these patients were treated in Germany by 37%, followed by the number of patients in Britain by 32%, then in America by 13%». .

The authority stated that the most treatments for this category of patients were for the treatment of tumors by 33% in Britain and Germany, then pediatric diseases and pediatric surgery by 14%, then neurosurgery by 7%, most of which were in Germany.

The authority’s data indicated that there is a continuous development in the capabilities and capabilities of the health sector in the Emirate of Dubai, as the number of beds increased from 4,074 beds in 2013 to 5,476 beds in 2020, then increased to 6,420 beds in 2021, at an annual rate of change of 7.2%. Likewise, the number of doctors increased from 6,559 in 2013 to 10,437 in 2020, then increased to 10,793 in 2021, at an annual rate of change of 3.4%. The same applies to dentists, who numbered 1,709 in 2013. , to reach 2,699 dentists in 2020, then increased to 3,017 in 2021, at an annual rate of change of 11.8%, which is the highest rate among the determinants of the development of the health system in the Emirate of Dubai.

The data also showed a development in the number of nurses in the Emirate of Dubai, where they numbered 13 thousand and 96 nurses in 2013, then the number increased to reach 19 thousand and 272 nurses in 2020, then increased to reach 19 thousand and 905 nurses in 2021, at an annual rate of change of 3.3. %.

The data indicates that there is a continuous improvement in the specific indicators of hospital performance in 2021, compared to 2020, as the number of visitors to emergency clinics in 2021 reached about one million and 487 thousand and 355 patients, a decrease of 140 thousand and 534 patients compared to 2020, and a decrease rate of 8.6%, which is a good indicator indicating an improvement in the health status of community members, which made them not resort to emergency services more. And 838 patients, with a positive change rate of 82.9%.

As for patients in inpatient departments, their number reached 345,622 patients, an increase of 56,199 patients, compared to 2020, with a rate of change of 19.4%.

The number of beds also increased in 2021 to reach 6,420 beds, an increase of 944 beds compared to 2020. This is due to the increase in the number of private hospitals and the increase in the number of beds in some hospitals in 2021, which led to an increase in the days of residence, with a rate of change of 23.5%.

• 283 the total number of patients treated abroad during 2021. 

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