The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) reported a 9% increase in healthcare facilities and a 7% rise in healthcare professionals in Q1 2024.
Over 150 new facilities and 800 professionals were licensed, with 12,319 professional and 1,122 facility licenses renewed, totaling 5,020 facilities and 59,509 professionals.
Dr. Marwan Al Mulla, the CEO of DHA’s Health Regulation Sector, underscored that the surge in healthcare investment in the emirate bolsters the sector’s competitiveness and aligns with its economic objectives as outlined in the Dubai Economic Agenda D33.
Dubai’s healthcare expansion, driven by DHA’s efforts to encourage investment, licensed 12,319 professionals and numerous facilities in early 2024, demonstrating their commitment to sustainable, high-quality services.
The report reveals that Dubai has 13,370 licensed doctors, 4,162 dentists, 23,134 nursing and midwifery professionals, 474 alternative medicine practitioners, and 18,767 supporting medical centres, highlighting efforts to expand healthcare services to meet population needs and the Dubai Health Authority's commitment to healthcare investment.
Dr. Marwan Al Mulla emphasised that the considerable increase in licensed healthcare facilities and professionals in Dubai signifies the emirate's strong standing as a prime hub for healthcare investment and highlights its competitiveness, robust infrastructure, and well-regulated healthcare sector. He reiterated the DHA’s emphasis on supporting and incentivising the private sector, recognising its pivotal role as a strategic partner to the government sector in attaining future objectives. This partnership seeks to elevate healthcare services and enhance the health and well-being of citizens, residents, and visitors alike, further solidifying Dubai's standing as a premier healthcare destination regionally and globally, he added.
Dr. Al Mulla underscored the extensive range of facilities offered by the Dubai Government to promote healthcare investment. This includes streamlining and hastening the process of acquiring medical licences via the electronic licensing platform ‘Sheryan,’ he said. By harnessing cutting-edge technologies to augment the system's agility, efficacy and responsiveness to stakeholders and investors, the authority aims to create seamless processes for enhanced efficiency and added convenience, he added.
News Source: Emirates News Agency
