Prof. Huber (Rector LMU University), H.E. Dr. Bin Shakar (UAE Ministry of Health), Mrs. Stewens (Bavarian State Minister) and Prof. Christ (CEO LMU-MMI) signing a cooperation agreement.
Dubai, February 2007 - LMU Munich University opens its doors for medical consultation and education in the United Arab Emirates. The major focus of the activities is the planning of health care services and health care delivery. LMU Munich Medical International (LMU-MMI), the universities corporation, started its operations with the opening of the Ultrasound Training Academy in the heart of Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC). Furthermore LMU-MMI is planning a large simulation centre in Dubai, conducting a survey of trauma services in the Northern Emirates and is planning a treatment centre for mental disorders in the Emirate of Sharjah.
LMU Munich Medical International is delighted that his Excellence Humaid Mohammed Obeid Al Qattami, the UAE Minister of Health, has chosen LMU MMI to provide a detailed study about the capacities and future development of the trauma service for the Northern Emirates with particular focus on Sheik Khalifa Hospital in Ajman. Based on the extensive experience of Munich University in assessing and restructuring large parts of the emergency services of Southern Germany, Southern Tirol and Austria LMU-MMI will conduct the detailed analysis and provide the Ministry of Health with specific recommendations for the reorganisation of this service in the Northern Emirates.
LMU Munich Medical International is particularly honoured by the trust that the Ministry of Health of the UAE has granted LMU-MMI documented by the request to also arrange for a complex training program for those involved in trauma services, a task that we have successfully carried out to date to more than 30,000 trainees at Munich University.
Dubai Healthcare City commissioned LMU Munich Medical International to plan a 30,000 square foot Medical Simulation Centre which will be part of a state-of-the-art educational facility built by HMSDC.
The new building complex at the heart of Dubai Healthcare City is scheduled for completion in 2008 and will be equipped with leading-edge technology. It will also accommodate the Maktoum Harvard Medical Library which will be the most advanced collection of clinical and professional development resources for healthcare professionals in the region.
The planning process of the simulation centre is supported by the Institute of Emergency Medicine and Medicine Management (INM) at LMU Munich University, a leading institution in the field of simulation. The institute has established a high-tech simulation centre in Munich which is one of the most modern centres of its kind worldwide, integrating highly realistic scenarios for teaching trainees in the essential clinical skills of pre-hospital and in-hospital acute medical care. It also includes real time video monitoring system (full digital A-V) for evaluating the trainees.
Mental disorders pose the substantial, worldwide challenge for healthcare, which is predicted to further increase in the next decades. The treatment of patients suffering from these diseases has a longstanding tradition at Munich University Medical Centre, making it currently one of the top psychiatric institutions in Europe. The Al Qasimi family has chosen LMU-MMI to plan and establish a treatment centre for mental disorders in the Emirate of Sharjah. With the support of the government, local stakeholders and particular her Highness Sheika Jameela al Qasimi LMU-MMI is developing a medical concept which will be tested in a feasibility study. LMU-MMI believes that the association with the Al Qasimi familiy is the first step of a far reaching cooperation between the Emirate of Sharjah, Munich University and the State of Bavaria.
