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delivered offered free medicine delivery to 2,162 patients in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman.
Dubai Police’s courier partner Emirates Post
made another 1,412 deliveries.
The initiative offers services and medical consultations by phone or video calls with patients who have made an appointment through its 901 call centre. This helps avoid in-person visits to medical facilities and prevents crowding.
Consultant Lt Col Dr Badr bin Qaba, head of Dubai Police Health Centre, said the initiative has helped ensure social distancing is in place. The telemedicine service initiative is in line with the objective of Dubai Police and the country to combat and curb the spread of the coronavirus,” he said.
Dubai: A total of 8,885 patients were attended to by Dubai Police Heath Centre through its ‘Telemedicine Service’. The Centre has also delivered free medicines to 2,162 patients in Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman including 1,412 deliveries made by Dubai Police’s courier partner, Emirates Post.
“The ‘Telemedicine Service’ is in line with the objective of Dubai Police and the UAE to curb the spread of coronavirus [COVID-19],” said consultant Lieutenant Colonel Dr Badr Sultan Bin Qaba, Head of Dubai Police Health Centre.
Lieutenant Colonel Dr Badr Sultan Bin Qaba
Virtual health services
He noted, the initiative, launched last year, has “succeeded in achieving its objectives through implementing precautionary measures of social distancing, providing highest levels of virtual health services, ensuring the safety of patients and medical and administrative staff.”
Dubai Police help 26 paralysed scuba divers walk again
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In different instances last year, they had suffered from decompression sickness known as ‘the bends’.
Dubai Police have treated 26 scuba divers suffering from decompression sickness, also known as the bends , by placing the divers inside a decompression chamber located at the Dubai Police Health Centre.
Major Ismail Hasan Mahmoud, Director of Oxygenating Treatment at the General Department of Transport and Rescue, said the Dubai Police decompression chamber has helped treat amateur divers who fall ill after not decompressing properly from deep-ocean diving. It is understood the treatments have taken place over a period of time in separate cases.