{"id":21855,"date":"2020-02-07T13:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T09:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=21855"},"modified":"2020-02-07T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T09:45:02","slug":"all-coronavirus-cases-in-the-uae-will-be-treated-free-of-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/all-coronavirus-cases-in-the-uae-will-be-treated-free-of-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: All Coronavirus Cases In The UAE Will Be Treated FREE Of Cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UAE only has its residents and citizens best interest at heart and this news update is a testament to that!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and the Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap), have issued a circular to\u00a0all DHA-licensed health facilities that they MUST treat all novel coronavirus cases in the UAE (suspected or confirmed) as emergencies and FREE of any costs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"articlepage_content_zz\">\n<div class=\"article_rightside_bar\">Thus, whether they have insurance or not, patients will have to be attended to immediately without being charged for healthcare services. According to the circular, hospitals will have to group the\u00a02019-nCoV cases in two categories:\u00a0One for those with insurance available and another where no insurance coverage is provided.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<h2>Patients with insurance will be treated as emergency cases and insurance companies will HAVE to comply with any and all claims received in ties to the\u00a0nCoV treatment<\/h2>\n<p>Whereas,\u00a0patients that do NOT have insurance, the cases will still be\u00a0considered as an emergency and patients (with suspected or confirmed cases) will not be complied to pay the cost of either the healthcare or the\u00a0healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no specific treatment. It is mainly supportive treatment that aims at reducing symptoms. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jb0Q9wjaKn\">pic.twitter.com\/Jb0Q9wjaKn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0647\u064a\u0626\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u0629 \u0628\u062f\u0628\u064a (@DHA_Dubai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHA_Dubai\/status\/1224969874453270528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>As of now, only FIVE\u00a0nCoV-positive (a four-member Chinese family and a Chinese tourist) have been confirmed in the UAE<\/h2>\n<p>All of whom are being treated and are in a stable condition under the care of the UAE healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since the outbreak of the disease in China, only five cases have so far been detected in the UAE, a fact that indicates the efficient system of surveillance in the country\u2019s health sector.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0648\u0632\u0627\u0631\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u0629 \u0648\u0648\u0642\u0627\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0639 &#8211; MOHAP UAE (@mohapuae) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mohapuae\/status\/1223654832600494082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>By treating the\u00a02019-nCoV free of cost in the UAE, it will ensure\u00a0the health and safety of the community, as well as provide patients with\u00a0confirmed or suspected infection with the proper treatment.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UAE only has its residents and citizens best interest at heart and this news update is a testament to that! The\u00a0Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and the Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap), have issued a circular to\u00a0all DHA-licensed health facilities that they MUST treat all novel coronavirus cases in the UAE (suspected or confirmed) &hellip; ","protected":false},"author":1822,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,85,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-latest","category-news"],"acf":{"hide_featured_image":false,"featured_image":{"ID":21856,"id":21856,"title":"Coronavirus Cases In The UAE Will Be Treated FREE Of Cost","filename":"FotoJet-2-2.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/all-coronavirus-cases-in-the-uae-will-be-treated-free-of-cost\/attachment\/fotojet-2-81\/","alt":"","author":"1822","description":"","caption":"","name":"fotojet-2-81","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21855,"date":"2020-02-07 09:36:10","modified":"2020-02-07 09:36:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":670,"height":331,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2-300x148.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":148,"medium_large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2.jpg","medium_large-width":670,"medium_large-height":331,"large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2.jpg","large-width":670,"large-height":331,"1536x1536":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2.jpg","1536x1536-width":670,"1536x1536-height":331,"2048x2048":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2.jpg","2048x2048-width":670,"2048x2048-height":331,"small":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2-230x114.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":59,"custom-size":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/FotoJet-2-2.jpg","custom-size-width":405,"custom-size-height":200}},"featured_image_caption":"","ad_square_right":"","summary":"","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<p>The UAE only has its residents and citizens best interest at heart and this news update is a testament to that!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and the Ministry of Health and Prevention (Mohap), have issued a circular to\u00a0all DHA-licensed health facilities that they MUST treat all novel coronavirus cases in the UAE (suspected or confirmed) as emergencies and FREE of any costs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"articlepage_content_zz\">\n<div class=\"article_rightside_bar\">Thus, whether they have insurance or not, patients will have to be attended to immediately without being charged for healthcare services. 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