UAE | Health
New medical form for accident victims
New medical check-up forms for accident victims were approved in a meeting for the Traffic Department heads in Dubai's police department and the Dubai Health Authority.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:34 April 20, 2008
Dubai: New medical check-up forms for accident victims were approved in a meeting for the Traffic Department heads in Dubai's police department and the Dubai Health Authority.
The new forms used for those injured in car accidents will categorise their degrees of injury.
The meeting, which was attended by Lieutenant Colonel Abdul Al Qadir Al Banay, head of the Rashiddiya police station, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Al Fishti, head of the Al Qusais police station, Younis Khadum, director of Medical Affairs at the Health Authority, and other senior officials from both departments, discussed the importance of preserving the rights of all those entailed in car accidents.
The meeting also decided that the official language used in the approved medical forms has to be Arabic.
A coordinator from the Traffic Department was chosen for the exchange of medical reports, to ease cooperation between police and the health authority, to activate institutional partnership as indicated in the strategic plan of the Police Department.
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