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New Rules in Abu Dhabi Lead To Swamped Health Check Centers

Medical centres performing mandatory health tests on expatriates are being swamped with patients after new rules came into effect this year.

Many expatriates are having to queue for hours for the health tests, which are required for residence visas.

There are now only four Disease Prevention and Screening Centres in the emirate permitted to issue the health certificates required to obtain residency visas.Two are in the capital, one behind Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) and the other in Musaffah. The other two are in Al Ain and in Al Gharbia.

The Government decreed last summer that only selected public health centres could issue the certificates…SOURCE

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Posted in UAE News 1 year, 6 months ago at 7:37 am.

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  1. dewi1 Aug 9th 2009

    hi

    I'm sorry to disagree on your claims because now you can apply for test in any medical centre located here in Abu Dhabi. For instance you may apply in
    Nour Hospital
    New medical Centre
    + 35 private clinic and hospitals that located in Abu dhabi

    cheers


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