Dubai Health Authority hospitals receive more than 274,000 patients in Q1 of 2016.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 29, 2016: The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced today that its hospitals received more than 274,000 patients in the first quarter of 2016.

In 2015, the four DHA run hospitals and specialty centres received over one million patients.

Dr Ahmad Bin Kalban, CEO of Hospital Services Sector at the Dubai Health Authority, said: “In 2016, in the first quarter itself we have seen a high volume of patients; this includes outpatients, accident and emergency cases, walk-in visits as well as admissions. All DHA hospitals have a high occupancy rate and this reflects the quality of services and the trust that we have built with our patients. At the DHA, our utmost priority is patient centric-care and we are continuing to expand our series as well as provide specialized and super-specialized care.”

The total number of patients that visited Dubai, Rashid, Latifa and Hatta hospital in the first quarter of 2016 was 274,062 of these almost 38 per cent (103,141 patients) visited Dubai Hospital, 13 per cent (34,419 patients) visited Hatta Hospital, 33 per cent ( 90,515 patients) visited Rashid Hospital and almost 17 per cent ( 45,987 patients) visited Latifa Hospital.

The total number of outpatient visits across these facilities were 147,354; the total number of accident and emergency cases and walk-ins were 105,569 and the remaining 21,139 were admissions.”

Dr Bin Kalban added DHA will continue to expand its health services to keep up with population growth. The projects will enhance geographical access to healthcare. As per the DHA’s Health Strategy, the authority will focus on preventive care as well as specialized care.