DHA organises specialised training course on health emergency, incident management systems

DUBAI: Dubai Health Authority (DHA), in collaboration with its strategic partners, recently organised a specialised training course on Health Emergency and Incident Management Systems. The course, a part of Dubai's Disaster Medicine Programme, aimed to provide the latest professionally accredited training courses by the European Centre for Disaster Medicine, introducing the principles and basics of incident and health emergency management. The initiative aims to standardise medical response for healthcare professionals and first responders in handling chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials. The event gathered over 100 trainees representing various relevant institutions. The course saw distinguished participation from Dubai Police, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai Civil Defence, Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services, and the key participants from private hospitals, including American Hospital, Mediclinic, Aster, NMC, and HMS Hospitals. Dr. Khaled Abdullah Lootah, Public Health Consultant a t the Dubai Health Authority highlighted that the training course holds international accreditations. It focuses on enhancing effective response by introducing incident management systems. The training explained the basics and principles of the health emergency management system, preparing individuals to coordinate with response partners across government and private sectors. Dubai's Disaster Medicine Programme was launched earlier in February, in partnership with the National Training (Jaheziya) programme for medical readiness and response, attracting nearly 800 trainees since its launch. s Source: Emirates News Agency