UAE Business: UAE has tools and resources to ‘excel in organ donation’ – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: UAE has tools and resources to ‘excel in organ donation’ – Gulf Digital News

The UAE is taking practical steps to regulate organ transplantation according to highest quality standards and ethics of medical practice as the nation joined the world on August 13 in commemorating the ‘World Organ Donation Day’.

Dr Mohammed Salim Al Olama, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), stressed that the UAE possesses the necessary resources, tools, and expertise to excel while implementing the National Programme for Organ Transplantation, including highly qualified medical cadres, state-of-the-art medical facilities, and cutting-edge technological infrastructure, as well as international partnerships with the most prestigious institutions specialising in organ transplantation.

Al Olama reaffirmed the need to constantly step up national efforts to facilitate and improve the process of transferring and transplanting human organs and tissues on the one hand and providing technologically advanced health services for patients in need of human organ or tissue transplant on the other.

National Centre

In 2020, the UAE established the National Centre to Regulate Organs and Tissues Transplantation under MoHAP. In addition to supporting the UAE’s health system, the centre also contributes to strengthening medical and social care for organ donation and transplantation in accordance with international quality standards and medical ethics.

The centre's establishment has been a big step forward in