Zulekha Hospital and Uber Collaborate to Encourage Healthy Hearts
Zulekha Hospital has taken the step to guarding the health and wellness of motorists utilizing the Uber app by providing them cost-free cardiac health examinations anytime in the Dubai and Sharjah Zulekha Hospitals. Zulekha Healthcare Group and Uber have joined hands in this honorable venture with the aim of safeguarding the lives of these individuals who promote the convenient mobility of thousands of commuters daily.
The check-ups certainly offer to keep track of any type of evidence of existing heart problem and recognize the major risk aspects, while experts will certainly supply functional advice regarding the favorable way of life modifications chauffeurs could make. The drivers will certainly undergo a set of examinations including an electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram or stress test (treadmill test) followed by a consultation with the specialists.
Heart problem is usually mistaken for the normal signs of gastric, aging and physical pressure that is assumed to be eliminated by a pain medication, and occasionally there might be no noticeable signs and symptoms at all. Zulekha Health center recognizes the health threats associated with the stress the motorists undergo while on the road for over 10 hrs. Through these checkup, Zulekha Medical facility is helping Uber vehicle drivers to come to be knowledgeable about the dangers related to a potential cardiac problem and allow them to take the steps to mitigating or reversing them before a fatality occurs.
Zulekha Hospital Managing Director, Taher Shams says, "Among our several community efforts we really felt the solid impulse to offer these standard healthcare centers to drivers utilizing the Uber app who are a big team of hardworking individuals. They serve the public throughout the day and night and be worthy of to be dealt with. It is our duty to ensure that we make economical medical solutions available to our fellow citizens."
Chris Free, General Manager of Uber UAE added, "We are grateful to Zulekha Medical facility for prolonging their arm of assistance to vehicle drivers using the application, the majority of whom are away from their families and often work lengthy hours. With this generous effort they can actively take care of their health and improve the top quality of their lives."
The initiative compliments the UAE's objectives of repaying to the community in the Year of Offering 2017.
