A new service that helps doctors reach hospitals faster in cases of emergencies launched in the UAE on Tuesday.
The "Bin Wraiqa Service" aims to facilitate a doctor's journey, in their own vehicle, to the hospital when they are urgently called in for duty.
It was launched by Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, after the service was proposed by a doctor.
Bin Wraiqa Service helps doctors to avoid any delays due to traffic congestion while still ensuring the safety of other motorists, reported state news agency Wam.
How this is achieved was not immediately made clear but one way could be to provide eligible doctors with portable police lights that can be temporarily affixed to the medic's vehicle in case of emergency to prompt other motorists to make way.
Bin Wraiqa Service will be made available to a certain category of doctors who typically are called up by hospitals in emergency cases. Details on how to apply have been distributed to hospitals.
The service was named after Said Bin Wraiqa Al Ameri, a former aide to UAE Founding Father Sheikh Zayed.
"Bin Wraiqa excelled in folk medicine and became a famous traditional doctor treating his fellow countrymen and saving their lives," said Brig Nasser Al Kaabi, director general of happiness at the Minister of Interior.
"As such, this service is named Bin Wraiqa as a tribute to our early heroes who contributed to protecting this community and its members."
Real estate tokenisation project
Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.
The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.
Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.
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Volunteers offer workers a lifeline
Community volunteers have swung into action delivering food packages and toiletries to the men.
When provisions are distributed, the men line up in long queues for packets of rice, flour, sugar, salt, pulses, milk, biscuits, shaving kits, soap and telecom cards.
Volunteers from St Mary’s Catholic Church said some workers came to the church to pray for their families and ask for assistance.
Boxes packed with essential food items were distributed to workers in the Dubai Investments Park and Ras Al Khaimah camps last week. Workers at the Sonapur camp asked for Dh1,600 towards their gas bill.
“Especially in this year of tolerance we consider ourselves privileged to be able to lend a helping hand to our needy brothers in the Actco camp," Father Lennie Connully, parish priest of St Mary’s.
Workers spoke of their helplessness, seeing children’s marriages cancelled because of lack of money going home. Others told of their misery of being unable to return home when a parent died.
“More than daily food, they are worried about not sending money home for their family,” said Kusum Dutta, a volunteer who works with the Indian consulate.
