Fortis Healthcare has entered into a strategic tie-up with Majid Al Futtaim Healthcare, the healthcare arm of Majid Al Futtaim Ventures, to operate and manage its health care assets, starting with a day care specialty clinic located in Deira City Centre, one of Dubai’s largest shopping malls located in the heart of the city.
This agreement is the first towards a long-term association that Fortis and Majid Al Futtaim Healthcare have committed to, in bringing advanced healthcare to this region. With the day care specialty clinic expected to open in the first half of 2013, the broader strategy is to expand the business regionally. The focus of the clinics will be towards preventive and curative care.
Commenting on the tie up Ahmed Galal Ismail, CEO of Majid Al Futtaim Ventures said, “We see tremendous opportunity for healthcare services in the GCC region and are excited about our group’s foray in healthcare.Majid Al Futtaim Healthcare‘s association with Fortis gives us a partner widely acknowledged in the Asian region for its expertise in managing different healthcare delivery verticals and in running top class medical facilities that include diagnostic centres, primary care, day care specialty centres, and hospitals. Fortis’ knowledge and medical insights in conjunction with our ambitious plans will bring better healthcare to the region.”
The first Majid Al Futtaim Healthcare Clinic in Deira City Centre will house consultation chambers, an endoscopy room, a minor OT, day care beds along with radiology and pathology facilities. The Clinic will provide medical care to a wide spectrum of population in Deira and the adjoining areas of Bur Dubai, Karama, Oud Metha, Al Qusais and Al Sharjah. The Clinic will have full-time consultants in internal medicine, gynaecology, paediatrics, general surgery, endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, dermatology & cosmetics, gastroenterology, orthopedics,ENT, ophthalmology and dental, among other specialities.
Vishal Bali, Group CEO, Fortis Healthcare said,”We have an excellent footprint in the UAE with the presence of the SRL pathology diagnostics network and this Operating and Management agreement with Majid Al Futtaim Healthcare gives us the opportunity to expand our presence in other verticals. The venture will be funded by Majid Al Futtaim and we will provide all the operating and management inputs. The needs of the patient community in the region merits the implementation of this healthcare network that Majid Al Futtaim has envisioned“.
EH News Bureau
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