UAE | Health
Hind offers to bear costs of expat patients
Expatriate patients at Dubai Hospital suffering from kidney disorder have something to cheer about.
- WAM
- Published: 00:00 May 13, 2007
Dubai: Expatriate patients at Dubai Hospital suffering from kidney disorder have something to cheer about.
Shaikha Hind Bin Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has offered to cover their treatment costs. Shaikha Hind's gesture aims to reduce financial burdens on the patients and their families as she would bear all treatment costs of non-national patients at the Dubai Hospital.
Qadi Saeed Al Muroushid, Director General of the Dubai Department of Health and Medical Services, said there was a notable increase in kidney disease cases in the country, due to chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, which are the main causes of kidney failure.
He thanked Shaikha Hind for her gesture, adding that the department provides the latest medicines regardless of their cost, in line with the directives of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry. He said that the kidney section of Dubai Hospital has been recently equipped with eight new haemodialysis machines, bringing the total number of machines to 45.
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