DUBAI // Rural health services are set to improve with an expansion of Hatta Hospital that will cater for the medical needs of an additional 40,000 people.
The expansion at the Dubai Health Authority facility will see improvements to 33 departments, clinics and specialist units.
An emergency centre is open 24 hours a day and other services such as an adult care centre, family medicine clinic and dentist will also be in line for an upgrade.
Other medical services available at the hospital are the issuing of birth certificates, health cards and medical reports.
“Having such high demand on Hatta Hospital’s services is an indicator that the public’s satisfaction and trust of its doctors and nurses, who work day and night,” said the hospital’s chief executive, Saif Abdulla Al Wali Al Badwawi.
“The expansions allow Hatta Hospital to better provide these services through its clinics, which will include a diabetes centre, heart disease centre and dermatologist.”
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Tax authority targets shisha levy evasion
The Federal Tax Authority will track shisha imports with electronic markers to protect customers and ensure levies have been paid.
Khalid Ali Al Bustani, director of the tax authority, on Sunday said the move is to "prevent tax evasion and support the authority’s tax collection efforts".
The scheme’s first phase, which came into effect on 1st January, 2019, covers all types of imported and domestically produced and distributed cigarettes. As of May 1, importing any type of cigarettes without the digital marks will be prohibited.
He said the latest phase will see imported and locally produced shisha tobacco tracked by the final quarter of this year.
"The FTA also maintains ongoing communication with concerned companies, to help them adapt their systems to meet our requirements and coordinate between all parties involved," he said.
As with cigarettes, shisha was hit with a 100 per cent tax in October 2017, though manufacturers and cafes absorbed some of the costs to prevent prices doubling.