Overview
- Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group opened a Digital Medical Center in Dubai’s Mirdif described as the city’s first day-surgery facility built as a fully digital hospital using AI and medical Internet of Things tools.
- Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in Abu Dhabi reported a rare emergency robotic urology repair on a 71-year-old patient performed within six hours, with CT imaging confirming excellent healing and discharge after three days.
- Emirates Health Services said its robotic pharmacy systems dispensed 366,517 prescriptions to 258,541 patients across five main hospitals with preparation times under one minute and no dispensing errors reported.
- The pharmacy robots manage stock with barcode tracking, round-the-clock temperature and humidity alerts, automated reports, and rapid inventory counts, which reduce waste and help keep medicines safe.
- Together these steps expand access to same-day procedures and complex surgical care inside the UAE, which can shorten waits, cut travel for patients, and build local expertise in high-acuity treatment.