UAE’s largest intensive care unit opens at Tawam Hospital

2007/02/25 14:06

Press Release from:

Tawam

February 25, 2007

The new state-of-the art ICU of Tawam Hospital in Affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine was inaugurated on Sunday 25 February, 2007, under the patronage of H.H Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Mohammad Al Nahayan, the Ruler's Representative of the Eastern Region. The top notch ICU construction was started upon the directives of the Abu Dhabi Health Authority in 2004. It boasts the latest in ICU technology and is set to become one of UAE’s best-equipped ICU’s capable of providing world-class critical care for all ages.

The 20-bed ICU will be the UAE’s

largest intensive care unit and has two isolation rooms and six rooms for dialysis. Moreover, this will be the only ICU in the country to use electronic charting (paperless records) and also boasts of its own pharmacy satellite and laboratory.

Speaking at the press conference, Dr. Ahmed Al Mazrouie, CEO of Abu Dhabi Health Authority, said, “The opening of this ICU marks a new chapter in the provision of critical care to patients in the UAE. Every investment made towards improving facilities in intensive care units could prove invaluable in saving lives of patients, and Tawam Hospital, ever since its inception has been committed to providing health care of the highest quality.”