The head of the National Anti-Doping Committee, Dr. Rima Al-Hosani, revealed that the aim of the “therapeutic exemption” is to help the player not to medicate certain banned drugs in cases of illness or injuries requiring doses, pointing out that this exemption is through strict conditions and standards, to avoid Abuse by the player or doctor, as she put it.
"The therapeutic exemption helps the player avoid the punishment if he falls in the doping test," Al Hosani said. "In order to simplify the meaning, the player or professional athlete must have a high level of awareness when he goes to the hospital, it is possible "He should get any kind of banned treatment, so he must tell the team doctor what kind of treatment first.
Al-Hosani pointed out that «the professional athlete to fill a special form, which is required to obtain a therapeutic exemption before taking doses, and the form is filled by medical staff and physician, and delivered to the National Anti-Doping Committee, which in turn is presented to the competent committee to study, and has the right to "Approved or rejected."
The workshop on therapeutic exemption and blood doping concluded yesterday at the Grand Hilton Hotel in Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Anti-Doping Agency of the United Kingdom, in the presence of the Vice Chairman of the National Anti-Doping Committee, Faisal Haji, and Dr. Matar Al Neyadi, Asma Al Nuaimi and Dania Muhairi.
Al-Hosani stressed that in order to prevent abuses and exploit the exemption granted to the player, the therapeutic exemption will be restricted to a specific period. The specialized training also included the evening period for the training of the Special Committee for the Accreditation of Therapeutic Exemption. ” She pointed out that «during the workshop for medical and technical staff in the state clubs, and the number of registered 70 people, were given information about the therapeutic exemption and conditions, and the mechanism of work, and standards for exemption, and the way to fill the form, and develop scenarios and previous experiences to benefit from them, in addition to addressing Prohibited Medicines.
Al-Hosani revealed that there are eight doctors and female doctors from the UAE who are participating in the workshop.
Reema Al Hosani:
- “A professional athlete must have an awareness
High when he goes to the hospital ».
- «Therapeutic exemption helps the player to avoid
The punishment if he falls in the test of doping ».