Siemens and Dubai Healthcare City announce partnership to support medical education

The memorandum was signed on Wednesday 29^th January at the DHCC stand by Kay Zwingenberger, CEO of Siemens Healthcare Middle East and Marwan Abedin, CEO of DHCC, and in the presence of Dr Wajdi Al Daghma, Chief Operating Officer (Strategy & Operation), DHCC and Dr Norbert Gaus, CEO of Customer Solutions Division, Siemens AG Healthcare Sector. The agreement sets out a broad framework for future medical educational initiatives in the UAE and the region.

“This agreement will see us further strengthen our relationship with DHCC, with a focus on the continuous professional development of the Middle East’s medical workforce. This is a core part of our company’s drive to support the sustainable growth of every country that Siemens does business in,” said Zwingenberger.

As part of the collaboration, Siemens will be supplying a mock-up of its Somatom Emotion CT scanner to DHCC’s Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor Medical Simulation Center (KHMSC). The center is a state-of-the-art facility that provides medical professionals with hands-on clinical training in a simulated environment. The new equipment from Siemens will be used to help familiarize healthcare teams with some of the latest imaging innovations being used in the region’s hospitals.

Marwan Abedin, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC), said: “This partnership with Siemens emphasizes our broader objective towards furthering medical education and supporting sustainable healthcare development in the UAE. Siemens has a strong track record in elevating the healthcare sector in the region, and we look forward to capitalizing on their expertise in providing clinical diagnostic solutions. This collaboration is set to support our mutual mission towards enhancing professional development and tertiary healthcare, and ultimately positioning Dubai as a credible leader in medical education.”

DHCC was launched in 2002 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. It now has two hospitals and over 120 outpatient medical centers and diagnostic laboratories, with over 4,000 medical professionals working onsite.

The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimizing clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare employs some 51,000 employees worldwide and operates around the world. In fiscal year 2013 (to September 30), the Sector posted revenue of 13.6 billion euros and profit of 2.0 billion euros. For further information please visit: www.siemens.com/healthcare.

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 165 years. The company is active in more than 200 countries, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is No. 1 in offshore wind turbine construction, a leading supplier of combined cycle turbines for power generation, a leading provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions and automation and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading supplier of medical imaging equipment – such as computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging systems – and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2013, which ended on September 30, 2013, revenue from continuing operations totaled €75.9 billion and income from continuing operations €4.2 billion. At the end of September 2013, Siemens had around 362,000 employees worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.