Dubai gathers experts to chart course for world-class healthcare by 2030

UAE—Dubai has hosted an interactive workshop to envision the future of healthcare for 2030, enhancing the emirate’s status and increasing its competitiveness in the international healthcare arena.

The workshop aimed to meet the growing healthcare needs, providing high-quality services exceeding the expectations of Dubai residents, visitors, and health enthusiasts from within and outside the country.

The workshop saw a selection of local and international healthcare leaders, decision-makers, planners, policy-makers, and specialists participating.

These sessions transformed into active and insightful interactive sessions enriched with a comprehensive range of innovative ideas.

These ideas focused on elevating the level and efficiency of Dubai’s healthcare system to align with the rapid and astounding transformations the emirate is witnessing towards the future.

In his opening address at the workshop, Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority, stated that Dubai is one of the fastest-growing cities globally, underscoring the importance of owning an advanced, comprehensive healthcare system.

He emphasized the ongoing plans and efforts to achieve this through a series of projects, initiatives, and developmental programs.

Al Ketbi highlighted that the authority’s strategic planning is based not only on a thorough analysis of the present but also on precise foresight of the future.

This planning process also relies on continuous interaction with the community to study its future needs optimally.

Additionally, it involves engaging with elite scientists, experts, and specialists, learning from successful global healthcare institutions, and exchanging experiences.

He emphasised that all of this constitutes a toolkit on which the authority relies in its planning, policymaking, and implementation processes.

Furthermore, Al Ketbi stressed the importance of building relationships and fostering partnerships with major healthcare institutions within and outside the UAE.

The Dubai Health Authority strives to leverage experiences and competencies through regular and continuous interactive meetings and workshops it organizes.

 This collaborative approach brings together diverse perspectives and expertise, ensuring that Dubai’s healthcare system remains at the forefront of innovation and excellence.

Fatima Abbas, CEO of DHA’s Strategy and Corporate Development Sector, provided further insights into the workshop’s deliberations.

She highlighted the focus on optimizing current healthcare services in Dubai and devising innovative solutions to expand services in critical areas of need.

The discussions also concentrated on aligning healthcare services with the requirements of health tourism to attract more medical tourists to Dubai.

Abbas underscored plans for establishing distinguished healthcare centers in the emirate, further enhancing its appeal as a healthcare destination.

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