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Dubai has a reputation for the best hospitals and doctors in the world. The health and medical services department offer medical care for all UAE nationals, visitors and residents. All the hospitals of which there are seven, are well equipped and offer the highest quality health and dental care in the world.

Emergency medical care in Dubai is free, and there are no restrictions. Non urgent health care for residents means you need to apply for a residents health care card, you will have to pay a small fee for this document. if you do not apply for the health card, you may be charged for your medical costs after two visits, so it is advisable to apply for the card in advance.

Before becoming a resident and obtaining a visa you will be required to take a small health test, this is just a precautionary test normally in the form of a blood test. If you are a particular expat such as British or Canadian you will be surprised to find dedicated hospitals that deal with specific conditions or illnesses that may only occur in your original country of residence, so for instance if you and your family came back from Britain with a flu virus that was relevant to the UK, specific hospitals have a unique medical set up that can treat the condition or virus with medical drugs relative to that country.

This enables Dubai to ensure that no major flu like epidemics break out in schools and offices.

Dubai’s Department of Health and Medical Services runs Dubai, Rashid, Maktoum and Al Wasl hospitals, with Dubai Hospital one of the best medical centres in the entire Middle East. Al Wasl is a maternity and gynaecology hospital.

The Department of Health also run out patient clinics or surgeries and in addition there are a number of quality private hospitals in Dubai offering in and out patient facilities – e.g., The American and Welcare Hospitals. Overall both the private and publicly offered health care services in Dubai are first class.