Dubai Taxi opens clinic for better healthcare of cab drivers

Dubai - The facility offers medical advice and preventive medical care to cab drivers at par with the highest healthcare standards.

Taxi drivers in Dubai now have a dedicated medical clinic after the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) recently opened a healthcare centre, in cooperation with Life Line Company, at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) headquarters in Muhaisna.
According to the DTC, the facility offers medical advice and preventive medical care to cab drivers at par with the highest healthcare standards.
"This newly opened clinic is part of DTC's strategy to broaden the scope of its services on offer to cab drivers and meet their needs. It also adds to the series of achievements made by the DTC towards enhancing the happiness and job satisfaction of its employees including drivers," said DTC CEO Dr Yousef Mohammed Al Ali.
"The clinic is fitted with all necessary resources to serve the medical and healthcare needs of all drivers including X-ray machines and a diagnostic laboratory. A plan is also in place to open an affiliated pharmacy so that cabbies can easily obtain their prescribed medicines," he added.
The clinic has a team of medical professionals specialised in general medicine as well as specialists in orthopaedics, ophthalmology, pulmonary and cardiac diseases, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and venereal diseases. It has a dedicated ward for critical conditions for lifting them in a fully equipped ambulance to the nearest hospital. The clinic is open from Saturday to Thursday, from 7am to 11pm, and on Fridays from 8am to 8pm.
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