Dubai: Economically weak and underprivileged patients from over 50 nationalities living in Dubai received financial aid totalling Dh340 million in 2020, thanks to the efforts of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) that worked in collaboration with UAE charities. This was revealed by a top official of the Dubai Health Fund office on Monday.
Salim Bin Lahej, Head of Health Fund Office said that the DHA continued its humanitarian work to aid those in need, despite the COVID-19 pandemic through its Mosaada programme, Save a Heart initiative, voluntary clinics at Latifa Hospital and other initiatives.
Free home delivery medicine services
He said that the Health Fund Office, in partnership with the DHA’s Pharmaceutical Services Department provided free medicine home delivery services to patients with various chronic ailments ranging from Multiple Sclerosis, heart disease, cancer and kidney disease.
The Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) Health Fund Office has collaborated with charities in the UAE and has provided humanitarian aid worth AED340 million ($92.57 million) over the last three years to patients with financial constraints.
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