Things You Need to Know About Medical Tourism in Dubai

The United Arab Emirates has caught the eyes of the global community of medical tourists in the last few years and has emerged on the map of medical tourism industry as one of the major players. The Government of Dubai has long been praised and appreciated for provision of top-quality medical services and facilities to the masses without any discrimination of age, race, sex, religion, and ethnicities. A few years ago, the Dubai rulers opened their arms for the foreign medical tourists and started offering them the best medical facilities at affordable and reasonable rates.

Let’s take a detailed look at the various aspects which shape the demographics of Dubai’s healthcare industry.

1. Dubai offers the best public healthcare system in the Middle Eastern region and is among the top 10 countries with the best medical facilities. The state’s healthcare industry is monitored and regulated by the Dubai Health Advisory (DHA) which also issues licenses to the medical practitioners who want to offer their professional services in Dubai. The state has four major government sector hospitals including Dubai, Latifa, Rashid, and Hatta, each of which are well-equipped with emergency services and have both outpatient and inpatient services.
2. If you want to have access to the world-class medical services in the hospitals which are run by the Dubai government, you need to have a UAE Health Card. One can obtain the card from the DHA office or from a medical center, and can also apply for it online. The person with age of 18 years or more needs to present his Emirates ID number and details of passport and submit 320 AED to get the UAE Health Card. For children under 10 years of age, the charges are 120 AED. As per the expats living in Dubai, keeping a UAE Health Card is always a great idea even if you have a private insurance policy because such policies don’t cover all the medical procedures but the Health Card caters to the most of the medical and surgical procedures.
3. Apart from the government-run hospitals, Dubai also offers its residents, citizens, and medical tourists with state-of-the-art medical facilities, which are scone to none on the planet. The Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) has over 130 private medical centers, hospitals, and facilities. Some of these private hospitals have advanced private healthcare across 150 medical specialties. Besides, Dubai also offers massive private healthcare centers for children and for the disable persons.