Dubai Health Authority signs agreement to collaborate in the field of oncology with Curie Institute in France.

•    Developing a full-fledged breast cancer centre within Dubai Hospital that offers end-to-end services from diagnostics, fertility, psychiatry, breast surgery and reconstructive surgery is in the pipeline.

•    Five-year collaboration extends to research, teaching, technical cooperation and exchange of information in the field of oncology.

•    Collaboration includes consultation with oncologists in Curie institute and sending some cancer patients on a case-to-case basis to the institute for treatment.

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, May 25, 2014: The Dubai Health Authority( DHA) recently signed an agreement Curie Institute in France.

The agreement was signed between  Dr Marc Estève, Director of the Curie Hospital Group and HE Eng. Essa Al Maidoor, Director-General of the DHA.  

The Curie Institute is one of the leading medical, biological and biophysical research centres in the world. It is a private non-profit foundation operating a research center on biophysics, cell biology and oncology and a hospital specialized in treatment of cancer. 

HE Al Maidoor said: “Oncology is an important field of healthcare and through this collaboration we aim to enhance research, information exchange and promote education in the field of oncology. This agreement facilitates exchange of faculty and visiting scholars to participate in teaching research and service programs as we believe continuous medical education in this field is important to advance prevention, treatment and early detection of various types of cancers.”

Al Maidoor added that in collaboration  with Curie, developing a full-fledged breast cancer centre within Dubai Hospital that offers end-to-end services from diagnostics, fertility, psychiatry, breast surgery and reconstructive surgery is in the pipeline. 

He also said that collaboration includes consultation with oncologists in Curie institute and sending some cancer patients on a case-to-case basis to Curie institute for treatment. 

Dr Estève  said the agreement with promote the advancement of science, technology and human learning through the undertaking of cooperative research, on topics of mutual interest and expertise.

The agreement was signed in  presence of  HE Mr. Michel Miraillet, the French Ambassador to the UAE, HE Eric Giraud-Telme, French Consul-General in Dubai and Northern Emirates, Benoit Tamalet, Regional Counsellor for Health- Middle East, French Embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as Dr Ahmad Bin Kalban, CEO of Hospital Services Sector, Abdulrahman Al Jassmi, CEO of Dubai Hospital, Dr Jamila Sheikh, Director of Medical Education and Dr. Khaldoon Nabhan from the DHA 

After signing of the agreement, the delegation visited the oncology units in Dubai Hospital.