Remote health monitoring resumes in Abu Dhabi
The Department of Health (DoH) has reactivated its international remote healthcare offering, which had been suspended due to the global pandemic
The DoH’s International Patient Care (IPC) Division – which focuses on co-ordinating consultations and treatment plans between a patient, their local doctor, and consultant based outside of the UAE – has resumed after the services were temporarily suspended in March 2020 in order to prioritise the region’s Covid-19 pandemic response.
Hind Al Zaabi, Acting Director of the International Patients Care Centre at the DoH, asserted that the IPC remote healthcare platform reflected the ministry’s commitment to continue providing world-class healthcare services to UAE international patients, adding: “In these extraordinary times during the Covid-19 pandemic, which imposed restrictions and challenges that made it difficult for patients to travel abroad for treatment, it was deemed necessary to create a platform that brought together treating doctors in the emirate with international physicians and patients to discuss their medical plans and co-operate to best serve the patients.”
Al Zaabi continued: “Despite the huge challenges the entire world has faced, Abu Dhabi has proved the excellency and efficiency of its healthcare ecosystem in dealing with the pandemic and succeeded in providing world-class healthcare services to all members of the community as it remains at the forefront of our priorities.”
In January, Abu Dhabi announced plans to enhance at-home care services in the emirate.