The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University Health Network (UHN) to strengthen cooperation and partnership and exchange experiences with the Canadian institution
Humaid Al Qutami, director-general of the DHA, and Kevin Smith, president and CEO of UHN, signed the MoU.
The MoU aims to exchange experiences, transfer knowledge, promote training and enhance medical education.
The cooperation extends to various Canadian universities, research centres and health institutions in the following fields: specialised technical and medical fields, specialised research cooperation, telemedicine, artificial intelligence and 3D printing, among others.
As part of the MoU, the two parties will collaborate in specialised training programmes in orthopedics, urology, general surgery, neurology, and others.
Commenting on the MoU, Al Qutami said that learning from the experiences of international healthcare systems like UHN contributes to the notable developmental drive the healthcare sector in Dubai is witnessing.
