UAE to establish first eye and tissue bank in Abu Dhabi

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The Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the emirate, and US-based Eversight, one of the world’s leading not-for-profit eye banks, have partnered to establish the first Eye and Tissue Bank. The agreement provides for the creation, development and operation of a comprehensive and ongoing eye transplant framework in the UAE. The partnership was reflected in a letter of intent signed by Dr. Jamal Mohammed Al Kaabi, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and Erik Hellier, Director of Global Development at Eversight. Through this strategic collaboration, the Department of Health and Eversight will lay the groundwork in three phases, encompassing program design, implementation and management.

In the initial phase, both companies will focus on making the necessary arrangements to allow the Abu Dhabi Eye and Tissue Bank to act as an importer of corneas and other eye-related tissues in the region. In addition to integrating the Eye and Tissue Bank program into the UAE National Organ Donation and Transplantation Program. For its part, Eversight will develop a comprehensive medical framework to standardize and operate procedures across all clinical functions within Eye and Tissue Bank — Abu Dhabi in accordance with international best practices in Abu Dhabi. Dr

Al Kaabi said: “Led by our astute leadership, Abu Dhabi continues to work with leading international bodies to improve its domestic healthcare operations on all fronts that help sustain life in the UAE and beyond to improve. Through this partnership, we aim to further improve healthcare outcomes and enable fast and smooth surgeries for all patients in need of tissue transplantation. In the United Arab Emirates, Al Kaabi added: “We encourage all members of the community to register their consent to post-mortem donation of organs and tissues.

As we work tirelessly to reaffirm Abu Dhabi’s position as a leading health destination, we empower our community to join the journey to excellence through noble and heartfelt actions like these.

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