Dubai launches second health endowment to boost medical research

Dubai launches second health endowment to boost medical research

Dubai: Following the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to establish a health endowment that supports disease treatment, epidemic management, and healthcare research, the Endowments and Minors’ Trust Foundation (Awqaf Dubai) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) have inaugurated the second health endowment in the emirate. This endowment has been made possible by the funding of Dr Wael Al Mahmeed. The health endowment in Al Murar is Awqaf Dubai’s second establishment since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first was inaugurated in the Al Bada’a area in 2021. The latest endowment comprises a commercial and residential complex constructed on 1,767 square feet of land registered under Awqaf Dubai in Dubai’s Al Murar area. The complex, which is estimated to have cost Dh10 million, includes three shops and sixteen residential apartments. The inauguration ceremony was attended by several dignitaries, including Essa Al Ghurair, Chairman of Awqaf Dubai; Ali Al Mutawa, Secretary-General of the Awqaf Dubai; Dr Wael Abdulrahman Al Mahmeed; Dr Amer Ahmed Sharif, CEO of Dubai Academic Health Corporation (DAHC) and President of MBRU; Professor Alawi Al