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Dubai Health Care City FZE
The Government of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, is developing Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) with the goal of creating a regional center of excellence for medical services, medical education, and life science research and development in the Middle East.
As a locus of political and economic stability and innovation, Dubai is in a position to serve the region's needs for high-quality health care, and to be a model for institution-building in the region. The leadership of DHCC is committed to the principle of accessibility for all, to professional and academic development, and to international recognition for quality of care as well as patient privacy, rights, and satisfaction.
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) represents an opportunity to leverage Dubai's successful growth and development along with the region's professional capital—and the experience of its partners in medical education, health care systems development, and strategic planning—to create a location of choice for high-quality and innovative health care management, education, and research, enriched by international health care providers yet unhindered by legacy systems and practices.
DHCC has invited internationally respected institutions in health care delivery, education, services, and research and development to collocate on the site to take advantage of the synergies brought about by physical proximity, interconnectivity, and professional collaboration. Medical centers in Great Britain , Germany , and the United States have expressed interest in participating in DHCC, with particular interest directed to the academic medical center component. The DHCC tenants will have to meet international building standards and quality standards, including accreditation within 36 months of start-up, and will face probation and then suspension of license if accreditation is not forthcoming. The licensing and quality management processes and decision-making have been delegated by DHCC to autonomous boards with international representation.
The total site comprises of two phases, including disease treatment, prevention and wellness facilities. The first phase, located behind Wafi City, Dubai, is approximately 4.1 million square feet in size. The second phase, dedicated to wellness facilities, will be announced soon. DHCC's services and facilities will be available to the UAE, the whole of the Middle East, and surrounding regions. Under the auspices of the Center of Excellence for Planning and Quality (CPQ), Harvard Medical International and DHCC will oversee a quality assurance system that will guide continuous improvement throughout the entire site
The purpose of the Dubai Health Care City (DHCC) initiative is to provide the highest quality of health care services to medical care and wellness seekers from the region (comprised of the GCC, Indian Subcontinent, Northern Gulf, Central Asia, the Levant, North and East Africa) by creating a world-class cluster of health care professionals and service providers at the heart of Dubai.
DHCC aspires to provide state-of-the-art medical care services in selected in deselected disciplines that are relevant to the health problems facing the patients in the region. The structure of FDHCC is highly integrated with the University Medical Complex forming the core. This central core is comprised of three components:
1) The University Specialty Hospital
2) The Medical School & Nursing School
3) The Life Science Research Centre
The combination of these 3 components will enable Dubai to leapfrog to the forefront of regional medical practices, establishing a position of regional leadership through leading edge education and research, and thereby becoming a center of excellence in global health care. DHCC will be a welcoming gateway for patients coming from abroad, visiting doctors, conference participants, post graduate interns and staff members. Wellness seekers will experience a distinctive and enjoyable stay at DHCC with the hotel, bungalows, parks and entertainment facilities inside DHCC.
The wellness Cluster is a collection of independent business that are designed with the long-term health and wellness of the patient or customer in mind. Any company, medical institution or individual meeting the required quality standards and has interests in the health care field can play a role in DHCC. In addition, DHCC is a great location for an entire range of knowledge based economy industries. DHCC will be providing specialist care in medical disciplines that are most required in the region. The two main areas of focus will be cardiology and oncology. Other disciplines will include, urology, pediatrics, ophthalmology and orthopedics. DHCC is an area that has a unique integrated services systems, where state-of-the-art medical services will be provided. DHCC will create a world-class cluster of health care professionals and service providers at the heath of Dubai. Total area of DHCC facility in the first phase is 3.46 million sq. feet, which will, consists of free hold offices and day clinics. As for the land in DHCC, it will be on a 50-years lease basis. DHCC will follow the laws and regulations that govern all governmental entities such as the MOH.
DUBAI HEALTHCARE CITY
Dubai presents itself as the as the choice for a regional centre that will be globally acknowledged by 2010. The Dubai Healthcare City will provide state-of-the-art medical services in disciplines relevant to the health issues facing the region as well as providing the basis for other preventive health maintenance and rehabilitative services.
The layout of the city will have a University Medical Complex at the core with a ’Wellness Cluster’, a ’Medical Cluster’ and Health Care Support area in close proximity.
University Medical Complex: The Medical Complex will comprise of a hospital, a medical school and a Life Science Research centre. The healthcare management company will oversee the consortium of healthcare institutions within the complex thereby ensuring the desired quality standards and goals are consistently achieved.
The medical school will focus on postgraduate education and on the job speciality training. A dedicated nursing school wil also be part of teh school and this will supply the region with qualified nursing staff. The Life Science Research aims to conduct clinical research on those issues that are relevant to local and regional health.
The Medical Cluster: This area will provide convenient access to local, regional and international healthcare experts, out patients and others; covering areas from maintaining the quality of life to tertiary medical care. This cluster will have day clinics, specialized hospitals, rehabilitation centres, pharmaceutical businesses, and medical devices companies. The clinics will be carefully selected using internationally recognized standards. They will then be given access to all facilities and a licence to operate in the hospital. These clinics will provide the immediate patient flow to the University hospital too.
The Wellness Cluster: To provide a holistic approach to long term health and enhancing quality of life, the Wellness Cluster will have nutrition centres, a resort and spa, a sports medicine facility and provide medically supervised health programs. Consultations on specific complaints such as diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure will also be available here.
Healthcare Support: Health insurance consultations, tele-medicine, facilities for families of patients, staff, visiting doctors and students are the conveniences that the Healthcare support area will provide.
The Dubai HealthCare city is coming up at Bur Dubai and includes a five star hotel and shopping facilities.
The Middle East's healthcare sector with an estimated value of $74 billion is expanding at 16 per cent annually. The sector healthcare is emerging as one of the fastest-growing and most attractive markets for the world's hospital equipment and services companies, according to executives of the medical exhibition and conference to be held in the region.
The region's healthcare sector is witnessing major medical projects within the Middle East, including Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) and the International Medical Centre (IMC) in Jeddah. The reasons behind this expansion are population and the emergence of countries as potential destinations for healthcare tourism.
According to the report submitted last year by World Health Organisation (WHO), the total population in the Middle East region is 171,398,000 with a total annual budget of $13,026,821,445 from the Ministry of Health. The total expenditure on healthcare including private hospitals amounts to $36,524,663,000.
The report also states that the UAE is experiencing a population growth of 14.1 per cent with an annual budget $439,218,000 from Ministry of Health while the total expenditure on healthcare is around $2,879,318,000. Alongwith this trend, the Dubai Health Care City has invested Dh350 million into its infrastructure and Phase one of DHCC will be ready by December 15.
"The Middle East's healthcare sector is expanding rapidly, and it has an impact on both the economies and the lives of the people of this region and it is reflected in the ongoing success of Arab Health, now in its thirtieth year," said John Hassett, IIR exhibitions director, healthcare division.
The other countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia with a population growth rate of 3.3 per cent has an annual budget of $3,568,456,000 from its Ministry of Health while the total expenditure on health care is $9,572, 864,000. Qatar's statistics shows that the population growth is only 3.2 per cent, while the Ministry of Health's annual budget is $308,616,000 and the total expenditure on health care is $413,952,000.
One of the consequences of this exponential growth has been a growing demand for a wider variety of dedicated medical training programme, to help sustain a large pool of physicians and other paramedical staff to meet the needs of the region.
For instance, Harvard medical International (HMI) has announced to build a post-graduate medical education and research centre in Dubai in partnership with DHCC which will be opened in 2006. Then, UK based pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline is trying to built its presence in the DHCC, according to an official from the company.
Alongwith this, Johnson & Johnson, a company marketing its products in 175 countries, is planning to set up a regional surgical institute in DHCC and Novartis Pharma Services has started research in the areas of medical research, diagnostic services and education at the Dubai Healthcare City.
For more information about Dubai Healthcare City
Website: http://www.dhcc.ae/
PO Box 66566
Emirates Towers , 34 th Floor
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: + 971 4 324 5555
Fax: + 971 4 324 9000
Or send us an e-mail to: info@dhcc.ae
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