Federal Health Authority law amended

posted on 05/02/2012: 73 views

The President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has decreed a law abolishing the law issued in 2009 to establish the Federal Health Authority.

The new law was issued in response to recommendations by the board of the Ministry of Health to focus administrative and financial resources on developing services provided by the country's hospitals, raising the qualifications of medical and technical staff and providing medicines instead of spending on new organisational structures.

The move is part of the efforts by the federal government to improve the health services sector, keep up with the comprehensive development of the UAE and provide the best comprehensive healthcare to nationals and expatriates.

The federal government increased the Ministry of Health's budget for 2012 to more than Dh3 billion compared to Dh2.3 billion in 2011.

The ministry now oversees 15 governmental hospitals and 64 healthcare centres where more than 400 Emirati doctors and 1,000 nurses and technicians work alongside counterparts of other nationalities. - Emirates News Agency, WAM

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