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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