Major French hospitals to open a regional office in the United Arab Emirates

Major French hospitals to open a regional office in the United Arab Emirates

Four major not-for-profit French hospitals Curie Institute, Paris Saint-Joseph and Marie-Lannelongue Hospitals, Rothschild Foundation Hospital and the medical services and consulting company C3Medical have announced their collaboration in opening an office in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) from September 2022 in order to better address the needs of the populations of the Middle East countries by developing strong ties with local partners.

Several countries in the region have initiated ambitious strategic health system transformation programs mainly aiming at facilitating access to care, improving the quality and efficiency of services provided and promoting preventive medicine to tackle cancer and lifestyle related diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases to ensure a longer, healthier life for their citizens.

Governments are leading important investment and privatization programs with local and international actors. Hence, health authorities work to increase the share of public and private hospitals accredited according to national and international quality standards of medical services and staff and seek solutions in terms of training of healthcare professionals, skills transfer, methodologies, processes and hospital strategic plan definition, that are provided by innovative companies and leading international care providers.

France is one of the major healthcare and life sciences actors in the world, with a strong track- record