Al Jazeera hospital to merge with SKMC

Expatriates residing in the capital will no longer be able to avail of medical treatment at Al Jazeera Hospital as the General Authority for Health has decided to merge it with Shaikh Khalifa Medical Centre (SKMC).

The transition has already begun and will be completed by January 2005.

SKMC will cater to the medical needs of national population only and expatriates would have to fall back on Al Mafraq Hospital for specialised treatment as Central hospital will provide only general health services.

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Meanwhile, nationals will continue to have the choice of getting treated at any hospital of their choice.

According to the General Health Authority sources, the new arrangement will reduce the waiting periods for patients, and help in the effective utilisation of space, technology and medical services raising the standards of healthcare in Abu Dhabi.

Al Jazeera has already stopped accepting new patients and the existing patients are being transferred to either Al Mafraq, SKMC, Al Rahba or Central Hospital.