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MoU Signed to Ensure Occupational Health of Marine Workers

ABU DHABI —The Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HAAD) will provide to the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) technical guidance in the field of occupational health, health promotion and training in the awareness of specific diseases, health data, and academic studies and research.

The two organisations on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to protect the health of the employees. Under the MoU, ADMA-OPCO will provide health and safety data, facilities and supporting resources to conduct health-related activities. The MoU was signed by HAAD’s Chief Executive Officer Zaid D. Al Siksek and ADMA-OPCO General Manager Ali Rashid Al Jarwan.

Dr. Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Chairman of HAAD, said, “Occupational health is a central part of the health authority’s strategic plan. The MoU will significantly strengthen our impact on the occupational health of workers in the oil and gas sector.”

“We are looking at improving health and environmental issues related to it. We also intend to set a standard not only for ADMA-OPCO but also for all other companies in the emirate. We hope these health programmes will be very effective in the public sector too. As it has a sophisticated set-up and advanced technologies and we can make good cooperation with each other,” Al Siksek said.

The objective of the MoU is to cooperate in the areas of occupational health and public health to improve the safety status of ADMA-OPCO staff, their families and the wider community of ADMA-OPCO including contractors, sub-contractors and other offshore oil and gas companies operating in Abu Dhabi.

Al Jarwan said, “This MOU is not only a mere piece of paper, but rather a mission statement of ADMA-OPCO’s commitment towards its employee’s health and their family members as well as a corporate social responsibility.”

“We were lagging behind in complete health sector safety that is why we signed this MoU to fill the gap. Heat and stress related diseases and other seasonal ailments awareness will be given to workers in order to protect their health,” he added.

anwar@khaleejtimes.com