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A Guide to Mandatory Medical Insurance Law in Dubai

By on February 3, 2020 in Daily Dubai, Health, Living in Dubai

Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has issued a law requiring all Emiratis and Dubai expats, including dependents, to have insurance in place to pay for their emergency and curative healthcare needs. While Emiratis will be handled by a Dubai government-funded scheme, Dubai expats and their dependents will be handled under private health insurance schemes. The law […]

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Top 10 mobile apps to download in Dubai

By on January 22, 2020 in Daily Dubai, Dubai Technology, Living in Dubai

Here is a list of top 10 mobile apps to download in Dubai. 1. mParking Don’t have any loose change on hand? Then just send a text message to 7275 and pay for parking via your cell phone. The format is quite simple: first enter your licence plate number, followed by your parking zone number […]

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Dubai Typing Centers not accepting Medical Test applications

By on June 5, 2017 in Living in Dubai, Health

Most typing centers in Dubai are no longer accepting applications after new standards were introduced by authorities. The typing centers are diverting applicants to DHA Medical Fitness Centers for filling up application forms for medical fitness tests, required for visa renewal. Reportedly, the typing centers have stopped processing medical fitness test applications as they are […]

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Selecting a private health insurance provider in Dubai

By on September 20, 2016 in Living in Dubai, Health

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has implemented new legislation under which all residents, expat and Emirati, as well as their dependents, must have health insurance. While Emiratis are covered under a government-funded scheme, expats will need to make their own arrangements to make sure that they are covered under a suitable private health insurance scheme. […]

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Dh5,000 fine for allowing others to use your health insurance cards

By on April 24, 2016 in Living in Dubai

According to the Health Insurance Law in Dubai, misuse of health insurance cards call for a fine. A fine of Dh5,000 will be levied if health insurance card holders allow someone else to use their card. The Health Insurance Law follows the decision of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of […]

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Mandatory Insurance Scheme in Dubai: No visas without Medical Insurance now

Mandatory Insurance Scheme in Dubai: No visas without Medical Insurance now

By on August 11, 2015 in Cost of Living, Living in Dubai

Residents of Dubai applying for a new visa or visa renewal must provide proof of medical insurance. When applying for a new visa or visa renewal, a medical certificate must be presented. It is a document provided by the insurance company stating that a person is covered by medical insurance. Insurance companies have to provide […]

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No Residence Visas in Dubai without Health Insurance

No Residence Visas in Dubai without Health Insurance

By on July 20, 2015 in Cost of Living, Living in Dubai

The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that no visas will be issued or renewed for workers whose employers have not paid for their insurance. The DHA said that it was working with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs to ensure that no work visas were issued to companies with more than 100 […]

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Dubai makes health insurance compulsory for expat residents

By on December 8, 2013 in Cost of Living, Living in Dubai

  Dubai has passed a new law that has made health insurance coverage for every expat resident in Dubai, starting from January 2014. Currently only a million residents are covered out of the more than three million residents in Dubai. Officials from the Dubai Health Authority DHA said many blue-collar workers are not covered and this […]

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Dubai Patients to have access to Android Tablets in Hospitals

By on August 22, 2013 in Dubai Technology, Health, Living in Dubai

Soon patients in waiting rooms and admitted to hospitals in Dubai will be prescribed with tablets of another kind. The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has announced that in few weeks, more than 3,000 Android tablets will be deployed across the Authority’s network of primary health centres (PHCs), hospitals and speciality centres. The Android tablets will be […]

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Expat Doctors Working With Ministry of Health Banned From Private Practice

By on July 10, 2012 in Health, Living in Dubai

Expatriate doctors who work full-time at any Ministry of Health (MOH) government facility will no longer be allowed to work part-time in the private sector in Dubai beginning October 1. Gulf News quotes a senior Dubai Health Authority (DHA) official, saying, “The [affected people] are only the non-UAE physicians who are working full-time in MOH […]

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