Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that its hospitals received more than 524,000 patients in the first half of 2016.
Giving the breakdown of the visits, news agency WAM reported that nearly 38 percent (199,450 patients) visited Dubai Hospital, 12 percent (64,596 patients) visited Hatta Hospital, 33 percent (173,833 patients) visited Rashid Hospital, and nearly 17 percent (87,013 patients) visited Latifa Hospital.
The total number of outpatient visits across these facilities were 280,766, while the total number of accident and emergency cases and walk-ins were 202,598, and the remaining 41,528 were admissions.
In 2015, the four DHA-run hospitals and specialty centres received over one million patients, WAM said.
Dr Ahmad Bin Kalban, CEO of Hospital Services Sector at the Dubai Health Authority, said: “In H1, we have seen a high volume of patients. This includes outpatients, accident and emergency cases, walk-in visits, as well as admissions. All DHA hospitals have a high occupancy rate and this reflects the quality of services and the trust that we have built with our patients.”
Bin Kalban added that the DHA will continue to expand its facilities as well as provide specialised care to keep up with the population growth.
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