DUBAI // Burns victims can expect to have improved chances of making a recovery thanks to a new, leading medical facility that has opened at Rashid Hospital.
Ward 23 has opened as a new burns and plastic surgery unit, and is considered to be one of the most advanced of its kind in the Middle East.
Ten rooms for critical care, a surgical room, five individual rooms and three intensive-care rooms are now available to patients and medical staff at the hospital.
Rashid Hospital treated 166 severe to mild burn victims from 2014 until April this year and 1,322 cosmetic burn surgeries from 2014 until June this year.
The ward includes a hydrology room and a laminar flow clean room, which means that the air is continuously sterilised to reduce the risk of infection.
“The inauguration of the ward comes in light of the vast development that DHA hospitals and centres are undergoing to elevate its medical services in all departments and specialties, to meet the increasing demand for world-class international facilities in Dubai,” said DHA director general Humaid Al Qatami.
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