Sheba Medical Center near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv.
Photographer: Jack Guez / AFP / Getty / Images
Photographer: Jack Guez / AFP / Getty / Images
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Israel’s Sheba Medical Center intends to provide services to security personnel in the United Arab Emirates, as countries deepen cooperation following the normalization of relations last year.
Doctors at Israel’s largest hospital will fly to Dubai for face-to-face diagnostic consultations with an initial 350 patients with diabetes in the UAE army, police and fire services, followed by remote monitoring, according to Shebei International Division Chief Yoel Har-Even. Sheba will work in cooperation with Al Tadawi Medical Center in Dubai, based on an initial three-year contract, he said by telephone.
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Separately, Sheba will send doctors to personally train at Dubai’s Medcare Women’s and Children’s Hospital in areas including fetal medicine.
Har-Even said Sheba, based in a Tel Aviv suburb, was moving quickly to establish a permanent presence in the United Arab Emirates to expand its offerings. “The next steps are very, very close,” he said.
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