Abu Dhabi: Mubadala Healthcare announced on Monday the opening of Abu Dhabi Telemedicine Centre, an innovative medical service provider offering expert medical consultations to patients over the phone.
Abu Dhabi Telemedicine Centre is a joint venture between Mubadala and Switzerland’s leading telemedicine provider, Medgate, with medical teleconsultation services offered exclusively through the National Health Insurance Company, Daman, to its Thiqa and Enhanced plan members.
Abu Dhabi Telemedicine Centre joins Mubadala’s network of specialist health-care facilities and is the first in the UAE to offer a 24/7 medical teleconsultation service, run by medical professionals.
“The centre is transforming the way health care is delivered in the UAE by enabling patients to receive world-class health care over the phone at any time, and from anywhere,” said Suhail Mahmoud Al Ansari, Executive Director of Mubadala Healthcare.
“Through our relationship with Daman, Abu Dhabi Telemedicine Centre is helping to increase access to health care for all of Daman’s Thiqa and Enhanced plan members, and create new channels to health care for those living in areas of the emirates which may not have providers nearby.”
The centre integrates Medgate’s proven and successful medical teleconsultation approach and modern technology to provide high quality, convenient and confidential medical consultations and record keeping for patients.
Andy Fischer, Chief Executive Officer of Medgate, commented, “Telemedicine has been in practice for over 40 years, and in this time, has proven itself as a highly effective, efficient, and practical form of health care. We now see telemedicine used in more than 85 countries across the globe, with tremendous success in Switzerland. Medgate is Europe’s largest medical teleconsultation provider, with approximately 4,300 patients calling daily for medical advice and over four million consultations provided since Medgate was founded in 1999. We are excited to transfer our experience in the telemedicine field to Abu Dhabi Telemedicine Centre, and provide the sophisticated technology and the training necessary to provide the highest standard medical consultations over the phone to patients in the UAE.”
Through Mubadala’s relationship with Medgate, eligible UAE residents have access to a team of Medgate-trained and certified nurses and doctors, licensed by Health Authority - Abu Dhabi, who are prepared and skilled to provide the same quality care as Medgate’s Swiss medical staff.
Eligible patients can call Abu Dhabi Telemedicine Centre’s UAE toll-free number 800-4959 any time of the day or night for a teleconsultation related to non-emergency medical conditions, such as flu, stomach illness, cough and cold, paediatrics, dermatology, and others. Calls are answered by a telemedical nurse who will ask for the patient’s symptoms to create an electronic medical record and schedule a callback by a doctor, and within 30 minutes, a doctor will call the patient back for a full medical consultation.
