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Dubai, UAE - 30 January 2017: The 42nd version of Arab Health Exhibition & Congress, the region's largest gathering of medical care and trade professionals, was formally inaugurated this morning by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and the President of the Dubai Health Authority. The event, which will certainly span over 4 days from the 30th January - 2nd February 2017 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibit Centre, offers an unparalleled business growth, training and discovering opportunity for healthcare trade professionals from across the world.

This year's Arab Health showcases an additional 400 exhibitors, with 4,400 companies showcasing their latest advancements to an anticipated 110,000+ participants from over 70 nations. The event saw the introduction of the new Hands-on-Training (HoT) sessions, which allow more than 900 medical professionals, cosmetic surgeons and specialists from the region to learn and exercise brand-new methods utilizing modern devices for specialist treatments in locations such as cardiology, neurology, surgical treatment, gastroenterology, urology, oncology and radiology. These novel training tracks aim to support the need for more specialist clinical training in the region, and bridge the gap in between advanced medical methods and regional competence.

Discussing the opening of Arab Health 2017, His Excellency, Humaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and Director-General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) claimed: "Dubai has actually turned into one of the world's most attractive destinations to collect global specialists and major organizations for seminars and discussion forums. The city gives an encouraging platform for economic trade and business exchange, and fostering future partnerships. This is in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, for Dubai to be main to all future projects consisting of those in healthcare."

" The Arab Health Event & Congress is a vital possibility for global health establishments to exchange knowledge, gain access to the most recent in medical technology, and review just what has been achieved within medical care and emerging fields of healthcare such as smart health modern technology. The DHA is constantly keen to accept unique medical services that aid deliver far better health end results and such congresses offer us a platform to network with specialists in the field from the region and abroad," His Excellency concluded.

Mentioning the expanding focus of specialised health care and Dubai Health care City's involvement as a leading congress advocate at Arab Health, Khalid Ahmed Al Sheikh Al Shamsi, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Healthcare City Authority, claimed, "We have observed positive changes in the health sector whereby individuals nowadays demand for greater levels of effectiveness and versatility from the healthcare system. In this context, we at DHCA are pleased to support a platform such as Arab Health Exhibit & Congress which gives a great insight into the most up to date advancements within the health care industry."

Simon Web page, Managing Director, Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions, the organisers of Arab Health, claimed: "Hosting the region's most-awaited health care occasion yearly features terrific duty and an assumption to advance the latest developments at both the event and clinical congress. As Arab Health continuouslies broaden year-on-year, so does the need for sophisticated medical modern technology and services in the center East. Once more, we are proud to be able to combine most of the world's pioneering medical producers, valued healthcare providers and most distinguished doctor all under one roofing, to check out the latest industry developments, network and work."

Competing the second year and following its success in 2016, the 3D Medical Printing Area has expanded for this version of Arab Health, showing the expanding use of 3D printing technology in health care, estimated to grow by 18.3% each year up until 2020 [1] Items on show include 3D-printed bionic limbs and the real world designs of 3D-printed organ versions to name a few.

"Our vision for 3D printing to come to be the requirement of care is becoming a reality, based upon onward thinking groups and leaders such as Dr. Mohammad Al Redha in the Division of Organisational Transformation in the Dubai Health Authority and the fostering of 3D printing throughout its health centers," said Scott Rader, GM Medical Solutions at Stratasys, Industry Partners at Arab Health 2017.

Arab Health's multi-track congress provides the finest quality programme of Continuing Medical Education (CME) to over 8,500 attending physician in the region. The opening day includes the 3D Medical Printing Conference, the Public Health Forum in addition to the Oncology, Orthopaedics, Surgical treatment and Paediatrics Conferences and the Overall Radiology Meeting. A total of 14 conferences will be held over the four days consisting of Labor force Empowerment, Big Information, Healthcare Business Forum, Quality Administration, Emergency situation Medicine, Gastroenterology, and the Leaders in Healthcare meeting, which will officially be ushered in by Chairperson of Dubai Medical care City Authority HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, spouse of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai on the final day of the congress.

The Arab Health Exhibition & Congress is presently underway and will certainly occur up until the 2nd February 2017 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibit Centre and is open daily from 10am-- 6pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 10am-- 5pm on Thursday. For more details, please browse through www.arabhealthonline.com.

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