50 years of outstanding healthcare
Maktoum bin Mohammed: Rashid Hospital. A continuous achievement of a Dubai story
Rashid Hospital's Emergency Department can handle 10 ambulances at once. Archival
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His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, said that Rashid Hospital is one of Dubai's stories in which achievement and the future of Dubai continue.
His Highness said in a tweet via the social networking site «Twitter»: «With the vision of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed, may God have mercy on him, the story of Rashid Hospital, which has completed 50 years of care and distinguished medical services, Rashid Hospital is one of the stories of Dubai in which achievement continues. The future of Dubai is an extension of a history of work and achievements with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid's renewed vision that defines what we seek to achieve."
Over the past 50 years, Rashid Hospital in Dubai has succeeded in providing outstanding healthcare in various medical specialties, which has transformed Dubai into a leading destination in health services and one of Dubai's continuous and renewed success stories, with the ambition and approach of its leadership.
The story of the establishment and establishment of Rashid Hospital in Dubai dates back to the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, may God rest his soul, with the aim of meeting the needs of the people of Dubai's medical center, and the late laid the foundation stone of the medical edifice in 1969, to carry his name and ambition to the people of the city.
On March 29, 1973, the journey of medical leadership in Dubai began with the opening of the hospital to operate with a capacity of 393 beds, and an area of more than 20,<> square meters, and Rashid Hospital has been committed since its first day to provide excellent health care in various circumstances.
With the passage of decades of establishing the medical edifice «Rashid Hospital», it has become among the top 10 advanced medical centers specialized in orthopedics and traumatology in the Middle East and North Africa with a total of 6000,720 operations annually, and the hospital has become the largest emergency and trauma hospital in the region with a capacity of <> beds serving all medical specialties.
Since the opening of Rashid Hospital, the hospital has never stopped the process of renewal and development of medical services, which has become an imperative necessity to keep pace with global developments in the medical field, and the comprehensive renaissance witnessed by the Emirate of Dubai in various sectors, which made the emirate at the forefront of advanced cities globally, so the hospital management has committed to strive hard and diligently in the process of developing services, as Rashid Hospital obtained international accreditation by the Joint World Commission for Hospital Accreditation on October 25, 2007, and continues to renew this accreditation until Now.
Rashid Hospital currently has 720 beds serving all specialties. Ranked as the largest emergency and trauma hospital in Dubai and the region, the hospital includes surgical, internal medicine, highly specialized intensive care, operating rooms and clinical support.
Rashid Hospital provides many services to patients and customers through the emergency department, inpatient departments, and outpatient facilities, where the hospital's emergency department can handle 10 ambulances at once, and it is one of the largest emergency departments in the region, and the busiest with 68 beds, and it is qualified to receive disasters and crises in Dubai and the Northern Emirates. Rashid Hospital covers an area of more than 20,<> square meters.
Maktoum bin Mohammed:
The future of Dubai is an extension of a history of work and achievements with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid's renewed vision, which defines what we seek to achieve.
• 720 beds serving all specialties and 6000 thousand surgeries annually.