Regional Report from the United Arab Emirates [Новость добавлена - 04.11.2008]

PALLIATIVE CARE INITIATIVE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

… In Jan 2007, Tawam Hospital in Abu Dhabi, administered by Johns Hopkins Medicine, decided to start the first organized palliative care service in the country. This is a 500-bed tertiary care hospital and the largest cancer center in the country. 812 cancer patients were treated at this center in 2006. The plan was to develop a fully functional palliative care service over a period of 6 months. Initially, a consultation service was started in February 2007 along with intensive education for all health care workers. After two months, an outpatient clinic and finally and inpatient unit (5 beds) was started by the end of six months…

Dr Mohammad Hidayatullah
Consultant Palliative Medicine
Department of Oncology
Tawam Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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IAHPC Newsroom 2008; Volume 9, No 11, November