UAE: New visa screening centre opens in shopping mall, more in pipeline

UAE: New visa screening centre opens in shopping mall, more in pipeline

The general public can now get their visa screening done while they go shopping or having fun with family or friends at malls

Published: Tue 29 Nov 2022, 1:21 PM

Ahead of the UAE’s National Day, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) has opened a new disease prevention and screening centre at Al Wahda Mall in the heart of the city.

The general public can now get their visa screening done while they go shopping or having fun with family or friends at malls.

“This is a new era of having visa screening centres in settings of a mall, which makes it accessible to the population compared to the previous concept of having stand-alone centres,” said Dr Khadija Al Marashda, acting director, disease prevention and screening centre, Seha.

The network of Seha’s disease prevention and screening centres include 12 stand-alone buildings and two facilities at shopping malls.

Earlier this month, a visa screening centre was opened at Mushrif Mall. There are also mobile vans for visa clinic screenings, which visit employees at their workplace. And plans are afoot to open more visa screening centres at other malls in the city.

“We have a vision to expand this concept in other malls as well. The idea is to