New method of surgery performed at Tawam Hospital

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About Tawam Hospital
Tawam Hospital in affiliation with John Hopkins Medicine is a premier, 477-bed tertiary care facility located in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, the largest of the United Arab Emirates. Tawam serves as a regional referral center for specialized medical care and a national referral center for oncology services.

Though it offers services in all specialties, the hospital is best known for its neonatal care, emergency medicine, intensive care, oncology services and state-of-the-art cardiac care. Tawam Hospital is the first government hospital to receive JCI accreditation in the UAE.

About Johns Hopkins Medicine
A more than $4bn enterprise, Johns Hopkins Medicine unites physicians and scientists of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with the organizations, health professionals and facilities of the Johns Hopkins Health System.

The mission of Johns Hopkins Medicine is to
improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. Diverse and inclusive, Johns Hopkins Medicine has provided international leadership in the education of physicians and medical scientists in biomedical research and in the application of medical knowledge to sustain health since The Johns Hopkins Hospital opened in 1889.

The Johns Hopkins Health System includes three acute-care hospitals ―The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Howard County General Hospital ―which together provide an integrated health care delivery system.

About Johns Hopkins Medicine International
Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) facilitates the global development of the Johns Hopkins Medicine mission: to improve the health of the community and the world by setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care.

As the international access point to thousands of Johns Hopkins experts in medicine, nursing, public health and health care administration, JHI coordinates treatment for out-of-town patients who travel to Baltimore and for local patients with limited English proficiency. It also provides services in hospital management, health care consulting and clinical education through strategic alliances and affiliations in the Middle East, Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia.

About Health Authority Abu Dhabi
The Health Authority Abu Dhabi is responsible for ensuring excellent quality healthcare for the people of the Emirate. It defines the strategy for the health system, monitors and analyses the health status of the population and performance of the system, shapes the regulatory framework for the health system, inspects against regulations and enforces standards, encourages adoption of world-class quality & performance targets by all providers of healthcare services, plans capacities and service levels, drives programmes to improve societal health, defines minimum standards for health service providers and health professionals, and regulates scope of services and premiums & reimbursement rates of providers and payers.

About Seha
The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company was recently launched on 29th December 2007 under Emiri Decree No. (10) of 2007 and owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi. While the full name of the company is Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, the corporate name is Seha. Seha is Health in Arabic.

The establishment of Seha is part of the Government of Abu Dhabi's healthcare sector reform initiatives and represents another step in the realization of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE's vision to provide the people of the UAE with the best healthcare facilities in the world, locally.

Seha is an independent, public joint stock company (PJSC) created to manage and develop the curative activities of the public hospitals and clinics of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. SEHA owns and operates 12 hospital facilities, 2,644 licensed beds, and more than 40 Ambulatory and Primary Healthcare Clinics.

Seha is one of the largest employers in the Middle East with more than 15,500 doctors, nurses and other clinical staff and administration employed.

Seha delivers world class healthcare, locally, by partnering with internationally recognized healthcare leaders.

Our partners include Johns Hopkins Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Bumrungrad International, New England Center for Children, Vamed, and Vienna Medical University.

For media enquires, please contact:
Sumaya Al Harrasi
Section Head , Business Development
Tawam Hospital in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine
Tel: +971 3 7075131
Mobile: +971 504487831
Fax: +971 3 7075192

Zeina El-Hakam
ASDA'A Burson Marsteller Public Relations - Dubai
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