January 16th, 2010 | by Dubai Dude | published in Health, Living in Dubai
As covered earlier, low earning expats struggle to find quality healthcare in Dubai. This extends to women expecting kids or going into labor. Gulf News report stories of expat women who have suffered from low quality treatment pre and post-natal, while saving few bucks. One such lady, an Egyptian expatriate, opted for a normal delivery [...]
January 15th, 2010 | by Dubai Dude | published in Health, Living in Dubai
Dubai is failing to keep pace with neighbouring Abu Dhabi on healthcare reform, leaving its low-wage expatriates struggling to access basic medical treatment, a new report has found. The gap in the emirates’ healthcare systems is also impacting the businesses of key stakeholders such as insurance and pharmaceutical firms, said analysts at Datamonitor International. In [...]
December 12th, 2008 | by Dubai Dude | published in Health, Living in Dubai
Expatriates renewing their residence visas in Dubai will have to shell out an extra Dh300 for the health card that is now compulsory. Asma Ali Zain of Khaleej Times reports that according to this new rule, implemented from December 1, 2008, residents now have to pay a total of Dh550 instead of the Dh250 charged [...]
November 28th, 2008 | by Dubai Dude | published in Living in Dubai
As mentioned earlier, one of the potiential usage of Emirates ID Card, mentioned by EIDA, is that it can be used as Health Card. Gulf News reported Ministry of Health offical that starting from now the Emirates ID Card has replaced Health Card to be used at public hospitals. However, those who have yet to [...]