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His Highness was on a visit to the Ruler of Umm Al
Quwain and knew that work in constructing the
hospital was suspended for 4 years

tion was not completed and that the
Ministry of Health did not complete it,
despite the fact that four years have
passed since its establishment! Thus,
HH dispatched HH Sheikh Hamdan
bin Rashid to complete and equip
the hospital at Sheikh Rashid’s own
expense.

In this regard, HH Sheikh Ham-
dan Bin Rashid talks to us, saying:
We started work to achieve what
HH Sheikh Rashid wanted. We in-
structed Dr. Juma Belhoul, Director
General of the Department of Health
and Medical Services who headed of a
group of experts and doctors in a vis-
it to see the hospital. Dr. Juma found Rashid meeting Ahmed Al Mualla
that the hospital needed some adjust-
ments and, on this basis, we agreed
to bring the things required from the the equipment will be installed two After examining the blueprints
MOH months later, so the hospital will be of the hospital, Dr. Juma Belhoul
HH Sheikh Hamdan adds: what we operational before the end of the year. discovered many mistakes. In this
care about is the high level of health When we asked His Highness, regard he says:
services for our citizens. who will bear the hospital expenses?! For example, the doors of the op-
It is expected that the buildings He answered: All the expenditure is erating room were so narrow that we
and roads in the hospital will be funded by Sheikh Rashid’s own mon- could not bring the necessary equip-
completed within six months, and ey with open budget. ment into the room, so we had to de-
molish and expand them.
The absence of a fence exposed
the hospital to damage, bringing the
renovation cost up to ten percent of
the total costs. In addition to the ab-
sence of a kitchen, a water tank, an
electrical complex or phones. We’ve
developed a detailed work plan to
make the hospital operational as soon
Hamdan bin Rashid talking about Umm Rashid Al Mualla talking to Akhbar Dubai as possible. This will cost around 6
Al Quwain Hospital million dirhams. We proceeded with

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