Dubai – UAE 7th Nov 2019:  His Excellency Dr. Abdulla Al Khayat, CEO of Al Jalila Children’s speciality Hospital inaugurated the Emirates Pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care (EPNIC) conference at Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital today, in the presence of HE Abdulla Bin Souqat, Executive Director of the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences and a galaxy of critical care and pediatric specialists from around the world.

 

The Emirates Pediatric Neonatal Intensive Care Conference (EPNIC) is being organized for the first time in UAE under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences in association with World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care (WFPCISS). Pediatric and Neonatal experts have joined in from around the world and the conference has been accredited for 11.75 CME points by the Ministry of Health (MOH). 

 

The conference is an international gathering that has been particularly intended for doctors who work as Pediatric intensivists, Neonatologists, ER physicians, Pediatricians and other healthcare professionals. More than 300+ delegates from different countries are participating in the Conference, during which papers will be discussed, and workshops and lecture sessions conducted. 

 

During his speech Dr. Abdulla Al Khayat, CEO of Al Jalila Children’s speciality Hospital said, “As physicians, we must continue to exert all our efforts in ensuring better care for neonates. That is why we at Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital have created a dedicated centre of excellence as a core service with cutting edge technologies and some of the best neonatal medical talents in the world.

“We are very delighted that Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital, as the first and only children’s hospital in the UAE, is the host for such a great conference”, he added. 

“We strive every day for better health of children in the UAE and beyond and I urge you all to use this conference as a platform to share knowledge, research and experiences to help elevate the standards of Neonatal Critical Care for all the children in the world”.

HE Abdulla Bin Souqat said, “The interest in the development of the human element in the medical sector comes at the top of the priorities of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences. This interest is translated into a package of activities and events which are performed by the Award through its five Centres, including the Awards Centre, the Research Centre, the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies, the Publishing Centre and the Continuing Medical Education Centre.”

Talking about the conference progam, he added, “Many of the experts and specialists have a unanimous view on the high scientific quality of the scientific program of the Conference and its way of addressing the latest findings globally reached by the modern science in the field of Critical Care for Children   during the past few years”. 

 

“We hope that the Conference will contribute to raise the degree of interest in this specialization and other specializations by promoting their existence in the health institutions by way of establishing departments for them, providing the specialists therein and continuously introducing the latest updates to them”.

 

Dr Munira, Consultant Neonatologist at Al Jalila Children’s Speciality Hospital and President of the conference further said, “I believe that this conference, in addition to satisfying the appetite for academic and clinical excellence, will give an opportunity for the like-minded healthcare providers from around the region and beyond, to network and share experiences during and after this conference”

 

“To achieve optimal health and survival of the new-born, mother, and child, the MENA region must focus on scaling up seamless coverage of live-saving, essential interventions across the continuum of care. In addition, frameworks such as the Every New-born Action Plan (ENAP) are being scaled up at the regional and national levels. The ENAP strategic initiative sets objectives, principles and frameworks to end preventable new-born deaths and stillbirths by 2035. Scaling up equitable coverage of immunization services in all countries and ensuring an effective vaccine management system remains a priority”, she added.