Patient care in 2019
Patient care in 2019
The Foundation, through the Health Department, treated nearly 700 different sick cases in accordance with the procedures and conditions in place to help patients who are unable to bear the costs of treatment, including medicines, medical equipment and supplies, and surgeries in government and private hospitals and clinics within the country for elderly patients and patients who are not authorized by their health cards. Get the required treatment.In the context of adopting best practices for providing health care, the corporation began in 2013 to issue health insurance cards for widows and orphans, and there were about 534 cards, and the experience proved successful and provided a lot of trouble and easy access to the service in the nearest health center to the patient's residence. With the success of the health insurance project, the corporation continued to issue cards to some segments of society. Approximately 3000-5000 health insurance cards are issued annually. In order to strengthen the humanitarian-medical partnership, the Foundation signed in May 2019 a Memorandum of Understanding with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, "SEHA", under which the corporation would provide treatment for indigent patients with chronic diseases and cover the costs of patient care through this cooperation by providing medical consultations, medical examinations, treatment and medication services. This is for a period to be determined by the medical committee supervising the study of medical cases.