Umm Al Quwain: Three years ago a large, sprawling expanse of desert in the emirate lay empty.Today, the sand has made way for the Dh750 million Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, which stands on 46,000 square metres.
“One of the goals of the UAE is to provide world-class health care for its residents and I think this is one of the demonstrable steps to help do that,” said Douglas McLaughlin, the hospital’s chief operating officer.
Once fully operational, the 207-bed hospital, funded and operated by the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, will employ about 1,000 medical professionals.It will offer services including general medicine, paediatrics, gynaecology, radiology, emergency services, dialysis, ICU, dermatology and urology, and will have a blood bank. |