International Medical Care & Diagnostic Conference and Exhibition opens today

The event is under the auspices of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Industry, President of the Department of Health and Medical Services.

IMD-IHF Dubai 2007 is organized by the Department of Health and Medical Services, the International Hospital Federation (IHF), CHARITE Berlin, INDEX Conferences and Exhibitions Organisation Est. and Health Management.

IMD-IHF Dubai 2007 in its sixth edition shall comprise of three events and they are the International Critical Care Conference & Exhibition - ICCC Dubai 2007 that is held in conjunction with the 2nd International Pan Arab Critical Care Medicine Congress.

The second event is the International Emergency & Catastrophe Management Conference & Exhibition - IECM Dubai 2007 and third is the Dubai International Hospital Management Conference & Exhibition - Dubai Hospi-Manage and the Dubai International Hospital Architectural Design & Biomedical Conference & Exhibition - Dubai Hospi-Design. These conferences are hosting more than 100 international speakers. They will be discussing the latest trends in Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Management, Hospital Architectural Design and Biomedical Engineering.

All these conferences have been recognized and accredited by several international societies in addition to IHF.

Moreover, a pre-conference course was organised during IMD-IHF Dubai 2007, the International Patient Satisfaction Index - IPSI course that uses international measurement tools to measure patient satisfaction during their visit to the hospitals. This important course is designed specifically to hospital directors, hospital administrators, medical directors, nursing directors and other hospital decision makers. This course was held for the first time in the Gulf Countries, Arab World, Middle East and North Africa. This comes after the great success of the course in Europe. Measuring patient satisfaction is becoming a very important quality standard for any hospital aiming at obtaining recognition or accreditation from an international professional health authority.

Dubai will be hosting the Critical Care Conference & Exhibition - ICCC Dubai 2007 for the first time and in conjunction with the 2nd International Pan Arab Critical Care Medicine Congress. The scientific committee was able to obtain the recognition of several international critical care societies and they are the Society of Critical Care Medicine, USA, International Pan-Arab Critical Care Medicine Society, Dutch Critical Care Medicine Society, Argentinean Critical Care Medicine Society, World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine.

ICCC - Dubai 2007 has attracted 60 specialized clinician in critical care medicine from more than 30 countries, they will be sharing their latest researches and information on Sepsis, Infection in ICU, Shock, Nutritional Support in ICU, Renal Failure & Replacement, Respiratory Failure and Ventilation, Critical Care Medicine, Neuro-Trauma Critical Care, current Advances in Cardiology in the ICU-Cardiogenic Shock and Role of Clinical Pharmacist in Critical Care.

Additionally, four pre-conference courses were held; two of them were organized with the Society of Critical Care Medicine, USA and they are the Basic Assessment and Support in Intensive Care Course and Fundamentals of Disaster Management; in addition to a course in Improving Communication Skills and Transport of Critically Ill Patient.

The International Emergency & Catastrophe Management Conference & Exhibition - IECM Dubai 2007 will tackle eight major topics namely Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Medical Services, Trauma, Surgical, Airway/Critical Care, Cardiology, Medical and Other Emergency cases. The conference was able to attract 20 international clinician specialized in Emergency Medicine from 15 countries.

As for the The Dubai International Hospital Management Conference & Exhibition - Dubai Hospi-Manage and the Dubai International Hospital Architectural Design & Biomedical Conference & Exhibition - Dubai Hospi-Design, the Scientific Committee was able to attract more than 20 international speakers specialized in Hospital Management, Hospital Design, Hospital Construction and Hospital Project Management.

The conference will also tackle the following subjects: Improving Hospital Architectural/ Design; Our Hospital Using the State of the Art Available Technology; Preparing and Training of Biomedical and Facilities Management Engineers to run Health Care Services to the most Economical Solutions ensuring Patient Safety; Adopting E-Health Technology in Health Care Facilities; Privatization of the Public Health Care Sector and Best Practices in Managing and Processing Outsourcing Opportunities in the Health Care Environment.

Mr. Abdul Salam Al Madani, President of INDEX Holding mentioned that the International Medical Care & Diagnostic Conference & Exhibition IMD-IHF Dubai 2007 is supported by an international exhibition specialized in Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Management, Hospital Design, Biomedical Engineering and Facility Management.

He also registered his personal appreciation and the appreciation of INDEX Holding to H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Industry, President of the Department of Health and Medical Services for patronizing the conference and all those who ensured the success of the event, and invited the specialists and physicians who will attend the workshops and various conferences during the three days.