DHA Held The Third International Conference on Neonatology

Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, Director General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) opened the 3rd International Conference on Neonatal this morning which was held at the Grand Regency Hotel.

There were three neonatology workshops held in the field of ventilation, nutrition and infection control.

Present during the opening ceremony of the conference were Dr Mohammad Olama, CEO of Hospital Services Sector, Dr Abdullah Al Khayat, CEO of Al Wasl Hospital, Dr Ali Al Numairy, President of the Emirates Medical Society, Dr Hassain Kamil Bahaddin, Ex-Minister of Health Education in Egypt and President of the Egyptian Paediatric Association.

Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, Director General of the Dubai Health Authority said during his opening speech at the conference, “The DHA has always emphasized on the importance of mother and child care, especially ensuring that we provide the best medical services for newborn babies and with this vision in mind Al Wasl hospital was built more than two decades ago. Al Wasl hospital is one of the main hospitals in the UAE which specializes in neonatal care. It is our aim to ensure that we provide the our children with the most advanced medical services and thus as per the orders of our ruler, we are building the Al Jalila Children’s specialty hospital which will be a super-specialty multidisciplinary hospital that will provide the children of the UAE and this region the very best medical treatment.”

“Neonatolgy remains an important aspect of childcare and thus conferences such as this one are important for they provide evidence-based updates in neonatology.”

The topics that the conference will cover over the next two days include, neonatal CNS mainly those related to asphyxia and intraventricular haemorrhage, neonatal nutrition and surgical emergencies, neonatal respiratory disorders and evidence based management in respiratory care as well as updates related to frequent neonatal problems.

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