Aster DM Health Care to open 100-bed hospitalWednesday, Jan 28,
2015
Dubai: Aster DM Health Care announced the opening of a
multi-speciality 100-bed hospital in Mankhool, Bur Dubai, on the
sidelines of the 40th Arab HealthExhibition and Congress.
In addition to this, the group plans to open five other
hospitals four of which will be in the UAE and one in Qatar and add
about 500 more beds to meet thegrowing health-care requirements of
the country.
One of the highlights of this hospital will be its
state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the fact
that it is being designed to cater to the middleclass
population.
Dr Layla Al Marzouqi, Dubai Health Care Authoritys (DHA) Medical
Tourism director and acting head of the Medical Regulation
Department, said: The UAE requiresabout 8,000 beds by 2025 and we
are encouraging investment in health care by the private sector.
Dubai needs specialised hospitals and high quality ofhealth-care
services to promote the city as a hub for medical tourism. There
are ten other hospitals coming up by 2016 which will add an
additional 650 beds andwe are still looking for more.
Dr Azad Moopen, Chairman and Managing Director of Aster DM, said
that Dubai was poised for exponential growth in this sector: With
medical insurance gettingto be mandatory for all by 2016, all those
patients who travelled home for treatment to reduce costs will now
be looking for treatments and surgeries here.
Giving details of the five other hospitals to open by 2016 he
said: We are opening a 100-bed dedicated and first private hospital
for women and children onShaikh Zayed Road, one in Al Ghusais and
one in Sharjah of about 120 beds each, and one 50-bed hospital in
Abu Dhabi. In addition, a 50-bed hospital in Qatarwill be opened by
2016. In all we plan to add about 500 beds under our different
brands to the existing capacity of UAE by 2016.
The Group currently owns and operates a network of over 230
units across the Middle East and India, covering an array of
health-care services clinics, medicalcentres, diagnostic centres,
hospitals and pharmacies.
