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Al Rahba Hospital opens today

ABU DHABI - The new state-of-the-art Al Rahba Hospital becomes operational today.

Published: Sat 16 Aug 2003, 11:38 AM

Updated: Wed 21 Feb 2024, 10:11 AM

  • By
  • Nada S. Mussallam

The hospital has been established under the directives of President, His Highness Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and the support of Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to provide advanced health services to both the nationals and expatriates.

The hospital will start receiving cases transferred from primary healthcare centres in the country. The establishment of Al Rahba Hospital comes as part of a number of projects adopted by the General Authority for Health Services for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (GHAS), under the directives of Shaikh Hamid bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Economic Department and Chairman of GHAS, to promote the quality of health services in the capital.

Ahmed Al Rumaithi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Abu Dhabi Hospitals Affairs and Director of the Health Division at the Authority, said the GHAS had recruited qualified and well trained medical, technical and nursing cadres for the new hospital.

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The new high-tech hospital, which is located north of the capital, will provide health services covering Al Shahama, Al Bahya, Al Samha and other areas located in the eastern part of Abu Dhabi.

Al Rahba Hospital is an advanced secondary care general hospital. It will be delivering diagnostic and curative services in various specialities, including obstetrics, gynaecology, internal medicine, paediatrics, as well as general surgery and emergency services.

It comprises several departments and units of accidents, anaesthesia, intensive care, laboratory analysis, X-ray and pharmacology.

The hospital's capacity is 84 beds, which is expected to increase to 143 beds in the second phase.



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