When we talk about our physical health, it is important to have a doctor or health practitioner that we are comfortable talking about our discomfort or pains.
In Abu Dhabi, Overseas Filipino Workers and Filipinos residing in the said city will no longer long for the care of fellow Filipino doctors of nurses.
The clinic was inaugurated by DFA Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay together with Ambassador of the Philippines to the UAE, Constancio R. Vingo Jr.
The clinic has various facilities and ready to cater different needs including pediatrics, general and internal medicine, dentistry, dermatology, and gynecology according to Dr. Shabeer Nellikode, Founder and Managing Director of Universal Hospital.
Dr. Nellikode said that in the Universal Hospital, they receive an average of 2000 patients each day, of which 10-12 percent are Filipino expats.
Meanwhile, Dr. Anna Marie Diaz, a general practitioner at Universal Hospital said that having a clinic made especially for Filipino community will allow the relationship between doctors and patients to become stronger because “the communication is better.”
“The Filipino expat community is one of the largest in the UAE, so if we provide a clinic with Filipino doctors, we are encouraging them and making them feel at home,” Khaleej Times quoted Dr. Diaz, who has been working in Abu Dhabi for three years, as saying.
Currently, the clinic has two doctors and the hospital is in the process of recruiting more.
SEE MORE:
7 Reminders for OFWs who are Leaving Saudi Arabia
DOLE SECRETARY BELLO: Stop Collecting Terminal Fee and Travel Tax from OFWs
TESDA to give more than 400,000 scholarship this 2017
SSS pensioner will receive P3,000 this March
Local and overseas job fair schedule of DOLE starting this March 2017
©2017 THOUGHTSKOTO
No comments:
Post a Comment