Mohammed bin Rashid inaugurates the Mohammed bin Rashid Academic Medical Center

Monday, Jun 10, 2013

Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has inaugurated the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center in Dubai Healthcare City. The inauguration was attended by Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.

Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has inaugurated the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center in Dubai Healthcare City. The inauguration was attended by Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai.

His Highness toured the center facilities, where he viewed the emergency rooms and the process of receiving a patient up to their transfer to Intensive Care Unit (ICU). His Highness also visited the control room which supervises the process where he was briefed by a team of specialists on the whole procedure. 

His Highness also toured the Premature Infants ICU and labour wards, where he reviewed the modern medical tools utilised in the unit, as well as the training mechanisms for medical students.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid then visited the library to see a range of publications made available to the public, which was followed by a visit to a classroom where he attended a lecture in dentistry, wishing the students success in their endeavours. His Highness visited other classrooms, where he viewed a number of trainee students using different machines and facilities related to their studies. 

His Highness concluded his visit by viewing the works of the Omani artist, Madani Al Bakri, signing one of the paintings as a gesture of recognition of the artist's symbolic contribution which illustrates the importance of art and the role it plays in human and social lives. 

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid also thanked officials at the Center for their efforts, praising the opportunities given by Dubai Healthcare City to both national and expatriate students.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Abdul Rahman bin Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Health, Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim, Chief of the Dubai Police Force, Eisa Mohammad Al Maidour, Director General of the Dubai Health Authority, and other officials from Dubai Healthcare City.