DUBAI // The Dubai Health Authority carried out 3,004 inspections of health facilities in the first half of 2014, with inspectors finding 141 offences on their visits.
Dr Layla Al Marzouqi, assistant director of the Health Regulation Department and Head of Clinical Governance Office in Dubai, told Al Ittihad, The National's Arabic-language sister newspaper, that the violations included 113 administrative errors.
The authority uses a smart system to inspect health professionals and facilities.
Dr Al Marzouqi said all inspectors were provided with modern devices that are electronically connected to an e-licensing system that allows inspectors to get immediate data on the facility under inspection.
The authority gave licences to 272 new health facilities in the emirate in the first six months of 2014, bringing the total to 2,690.
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