DHA collaborates with charities to provides aid worth AED 216 million in 2020 to patients in need
DUBAI, 17th March, 2021 (WAM) The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Health Fund Office has collaborated with charities in the UAE and provided humanitarian aid worth AED216 million in 2020 to patients with financial constraints.
Patients from more than 50 nationalities facing financial difficulties received aid from the DHA’s Health Fund Office.
Salim Bin Lahej, Head of the Health Fund Office at the DHA, said that the authority continued its humanitarian work to assist patients in need, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its Mosada (assistance) programme, Save a Heart initiative, voluntary clinics at Latifa Hospital and several other initiatives, the authority reached out to thousands of beneficiaries.
Dubai: In collaboration with local charities, the Dubai Health Authority’s Health Fund office provided financial aid of Dh216 million to underprivileged patients in 2020.
Patients from more than 50 nationalities facing financial difficulties received aid last year. Elaborating on the gesture, Salim Bin Lahej, Head of Health Fund Office said the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) continued its humanitarian work to assist patients in need, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the DHA health Fund Office’s annual programmes such as Mosada (assistance), Save a Heart voluntary clinics at Latifa Hospital and several other initiatives the DHA reached out to thousands of beneficiaries.
Dubai: Economically weak and underprivileged patients from over 50 nationalities living in Dubai received financial aid totalling Dh340 million in 2020, thanks to the efforts of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) that worked in collaboration with UAE charities. This was revealed by a top official of the Dubai Health Fund office on Monday.
Salim Bin Lahej, Head of Health Fund Office said that the DHA continued its humanitarian work to aid those in need, despite the COVID-19 pandemic through its Mosaada programme, Save a Heart initiative, voluntary clinics at Latifa Hospital and other initiatives.
Free home delivery medicine services
He said that the Health Fund Office, in partnership with the DHA’s Pharmaceutical Services Department provided free medicine home delivery services to patients with various chronic ailments ranging from Multiple Sclerosis, heart disease, cancer and kidney disease.