Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and Make-A-Wish Foundation spread joy across the Emirate’s healthcare facilities

Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and Make-A-Wish Foundation spread joy across the Emirate’s healthcare facilities

Abu Dhabi, UAE: The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation UAE (MAWF), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU aims to assist Make-A-Wish Foundation to reach children with critical illnesses between the ages 3 and 18 years and grant their wishes to enrich them with joy, hope and strength during their medical treatment in the emirate’s healthcare facilities.

In attendance of Sheikha Noor Alqasimi, Make-A-Wish Foundation Board Member and Tariq Alwahedi, Make-A-Wish Foundation Board Member, the MoU was signed by H.E. Hind Al Zaabi, the Executive Director of Healthcare Facilities at the Department of Health-Abu Dhabi and Hani Alzubaidi, CEO of Make-A-Wish Foundation.

This collaboration will ensure that DoH provides MAWF with the necessary details and approvals, in order to contact the hospitalised children, while maintaining the highest levels of privacy and confidentiality rights. This will help both parties to spread joy across the Emirate’s healthcare facilities. Additionally, the MoU will enable MAWF to conduct several events and charitable activities in hospitals’ premises, with the DoH’s approval and support. Such events will help demonstrate the importance of raising awareness about life-threatening medical conditions, while