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His Excellency Humaid Al Qutami, Chairman of the Board and Director-General of Dubai
Health Authority, said, “Firstly, I would like to thank the leadership of the UAE for their

support. We have achieved a significant growth in the medical tourism sector since the

inception of the programme. It is our vision to attract more than 500,000 health tourists by
2020, and to become one of the leading medical tourism destinations in the world.”

Al Qutami said that the Authority is keen to collaborate with government and private health

entities to create a strong ecosystem that will help medical tourism flourish in the emirate.

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At the Innovation lab, representatives from more than 49 private sector entities
brainstormed ways to further strengthen the medical tourism strategy. In April 2014, His

Highness Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, approved the Dubai Medical Tourism

Strategy, with DHA overseeing its

execution.

In 2016 under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan, the brand Dubai Health experience (DXH)

was launched.

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