UAE: New 24/7 paediatric care facility opens in Abu Dhabi

UAE: New 24/7 paediatric care facility opens in Abu Dhabi

Unit will manage cases for neonatal and paediatric patients through bedside services, such as cardiology, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, and pulmonology

Published: Thu 18 May 2023, 12:43 PM

Two Mubadala Health partners have joined forces to open a specialised long-term paediatric care unit offering 24/7 service from a dedicated team of physicians, nurses and therapists, and the facility includes an in-house school and a gym too.

Expanding long-term paediatric care in Abu Dhabi, Amana Healthcare – one of the Middle East’s leading providers of long-term care, inpatient rehabilitation, and home care services, has opened a 29-bed unit in Danat Al Emarat Hospital for Women and Children.

With intensive care-level capabilities within a home-like setting, the unit offers round-the-clock care in a child-friendly atmosphere for patients in need of long-term acute services for complex medical conditions. Equipped with an indoor play area, in-house school, and paediatric gym, the facility will provide holistic care to children.

“Our objective is to help paediatric patients receive the care they need in a welcoming and child-friendly environment,” Dr Jason Gray, acting executive director, Amana Healthcare, said and noted that the unit will have finest Western-certified caregivers and physicians to look after children in need of complex medical care.

The facility will manage cases