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Al Maktoum Hospital Stops Medical Tests

DUBAI - Starting today (January 6), Al Maktoum Hospital will no longer offer medical fitness services.

From today all services will be shifted to the new state-of-the-art centre at Al Muhaisnah, said Maisa Al Bustani, 
Director of Medical Fitness Section at the Department of Health and Medical Services (Dohms).

Residents seeking medical fitness tests can apply at the Muhaisnah centre, which will be open on Sunday 
(January 11).“The Maktoum centre will be open today only from 7am to 2pm after which it will be shut down completely so as to shift the equipment and other 
important material to the new centre,” she said.

With a capacity to accommodate up to 5,000 people, the new centre was inaugurated by Shaikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE Deputy Ruler Minister of Finance last month.

The new centre is expected to ease the overcrowding problem at the Al Maktoum centre since everyone requiring a work/residence permit in the UAE has to undergo medical fitness tests for diseases such as Hepatitis B, HIV, Syphilis, Tuberculosis and Leprosy.

“We expect to receive at least 3,000 applications per day at the centre,” said Maisa. Currently, Dohms carries out 50,000 tests per year at all its centres, while 6,000 vaccines are administered daily.

Al Maktoum Hospital will be converted into a heritage site.

asmalaizain@khaleejtimes.com