Dubai Healthcare City Promotes Organ Donation Awareness

Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) has introduced the "Live Saver Season: Be a Donor" campaign to promote organ donation awareness and bolster the efforts of the nationwide Hayat Organ Donation Programme, to encourage more residents to register as organ donors. In partnership with the Hayat Organ Donation Programme and the National Centre for Regulating Human Organs and Tissues Transplantation, DHCC organized a public awareness event as part of this initiative. This campaign builds on DHCC's significant achievement as the site of Dubai's first successful organ transplant surgery in June 2016. Since that milestone, DHCC has remained dedicated to advancing organ transplant procedures within its ecosystem.

To achieve its goal of educating the public about the importance of organ donation, DHCC hosted an informative session featuring presentations by prominent figures in the field, including Dr Ali Al Obaidli, Chairman of the UAE National Transplant Committee; Dr. Maria Gomez, Director of Organ Transplant at the National Centre for Regulating Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues; and Dr. Farhad Janahi, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences and consultant Urologist and Transplant Surgeon at Mediclinic City Hospital.

Commenting on the event, Kawthar Kazim, Vice President of business Support, at DHCA, said, “With this initiative, we want to build on our commitment to advance organ donation and transplantation in the UAE and enhance our healthcare ecosystem to support our partners specialising in this field. We are confident that our efforts will help reach a wider audience and unite communities across UAE to recognise how an act of compassion can help patients in need.”

Dubai's proactive regulation of organ donation and transplantation laws has led to significant progress in the Hayat programme. The most recent data from the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) indicates that 111 successful organ transplants have been conducted since January 2023, and since 2017, more than 460 transplants have been performed, with a focus on improving the quality of life for all communities.