"Health" provides a clinic for people with Down syndrome at Fujairah Hospital

The Ministry of Health and Community Protection has announced the launch of an innovative set of health care services for people with Down syndrome, including the creation of a multidisciplinary health clinic. Fujairah Hospital and the establishment of an electronic monitoring unit of people with Down syndrome.

This is part of the government's efforts to develop health services for people with disabilities, including those with Down syndrome, in accordance with the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Ministry of Health. 39; American College of Medical Genetics.

The project establishes effective communication between the different sections of multidisciplinary clinics, including all those involved in the care of children with Down syndrome. The consultant includes researchers in clinical genetics, pediatric cardiologist, ENT, hearing, speech therapy, ophthalmology, physiotherapy, nursing and social work.

Dr. Yousef Mohammed Al-Sarkal, Deputy Undersecretary of the Hospital Sector, said that this unique service to the UAE has begun to make a qualitative shift in health care through the Down syndrome clinic, which offers high-quality surveillance in a child-friendly environment by pediatricians, a social worker specializing in psychological and emotional health, to motivate them to embark on an integrated care system that guarantees their quality of life.

He added that the ministry is continually working to make an unprecedented shift in health care delivery and continue to improve the treatment of patients, particularly children with Down syndrome, by improving the quality of life. as a prelude to a new era of intelligent health care, based on innovation.

"We have laid a solid foundation for our strategy to keep pace with the latest international practices in delivering the most comprehensive and innovative healthcare services and implementing quality, health, safety and security systems. pharmaceutical."

He stressed the importance of including a special electronic unit for the treatment of patients with Down syndrome, provided at Fujairah Hospital, Al Qbadimi Hospital for children, women and children. deliveries and at Saqr hospital in Ras Al Khaimah. Pediatrician 15 years of pediatric department of Fujairah Hospital. "In the coming months, the project will expand to more than 110 children.

He emphasized the importance of empowering people with Down syndrome and promoting early intervention programs to integrate them, develop their abilities and allow them to interact with the community. community and provide appropriate health care to avoid any complications in health.

Dr. Kalthoum Balushi, director of hospital management at the ministry, said the project was divided into two phases: the first phase of birth up to the age of three years and four to twelve years, and the second phase addressing adults with Down syndrome, noting that this project had contributed to early detection, rapid diagnosis, concomitant symptoms, as well as rapid screening for major Down syndrome diseases, including including conbad cardiac malformations, have been observed in about one-third of children with the disease.

The time allocated to each case of Down syndrome was increased to 90 minutes with the pediatrician, in addition to preparing for a meeting with the social worker and the specialized nursing team.

It stated that the number of subsequent visits and specialized consultations, as well as periodic laboratory and radiation reviews, determined since the first visit, should enable all procedures badociated with appropriate medical supervision of children in the country to be completed. Down syndrome.