Dubai - A memorandum of cooperation has recently been signed between the Dubai Health Authority and the Bin Suwaidan law firm.
Published: Mon 11 May 2020, 4:54 PM
In appreciation of the efforts of doctors fighting the Covid-19 pandemic on the front lines, a law firm in the UAE has stepped up to provide them with free legal services.
Bin Suwaidan Firm for Advocates and Legal Consultants reached out to the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) to make the offer official, and, recently, they signed a memorandum of cooperation.
Under the memo, all legal services will be offered to doctors - including legal representation before UAE courts - for free throughout 2020.
"We deemed it timely and proper to take this initiative as we have been seeing the enormous efforts and sacrifices made by doctors as they risk their lives and their loved ones' in the fight against Covid-19," Emirati lawyer Abdul Moneim Bin Suwaidan told Khaleej Times.
"Their profession is one of the most vital in our life. It has always been essential. The coronavirus has shed more light on how badly we all need doctors and medics. Health and lives are the priority now more than ever."
Since the memo came into effect, requests have already been received from doctors, he added.
Bin Suwaidan stressed the need for other private enterprises to follow suit.
"Doctors must be appreciated and, hence, the administration in our firm came up with the idea of rewarding them. So, we reached out to the DHA about our community service, which is part of other similar services we extend to other entities."
The law firm shall legally represent the doctors in lawsuits, contracts, arbitration, consultations, or any other legal disputes for free, he said. Free consultations will be extended to the rest of the medics.
"Most of the doctors spend weeks and months away from their families as they work hard day and night to save lives. The pressure they reel under at work and in their family life is priceless. This is the least we can offer them," Bin Suwaidan said.
"I really hope other private companies will take initiatives - in their respective domains - to reach out to the doctors and health workers."
The Bin Suwaidan firm has offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sudan and Cairo.
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