As public health restrictions ease, Mubadala Healthcare is introducing an innovative offering of occupational health and testing services designed to enable organizations to return their employees back to work in the safest way possible. Mubadala Healthcare’s National Reference Laboratory (NRL), Capital Health Screening Centre (CHSC), Healthpoint and Amana Healthcare, together created the program leveraging their expertise in pathology, occupational health, and corporate sample-collection, respectively.
Hasan Jasem Al Nowais, Senior Vice President at Mubadala Healthcare, says: “National Reference Laboratory, Capital Health Screening Centre, Healthpoint and Amana Healthcare were proactive from the start of the pandemic, putting systems in place to ensure they would be able to support the nation and economy in its immediate needs, but also to plan for continued support and long-term solutions, which we are now activating.”
Al Nowais adds: “This collaboration between these facilities demonstrates the value of being part of an integrated healthcare network, namely, creating the most comprehensive solutions possible through leveraging individual specializations and strengths. The occupational health package can be tailored to meet organizations’ needs, and offers an end-to-end solution with the testing, analysis, clinical support and training needed for an effective and efficient return to work, as well as continuous monitoring of the workforce to minimize risk of exposure.”
The occupational health package was designed to support all private and government employers in their return-to-work program, by providing best-in-class and evidence-based occupational health and testing solutions to ensure a safe workplace. Various modules of the package have already been rolled out by a number of employers, including Mubadala’s global and local entities and units. According to Dr. Mariam Al Maazmi, Senior Supervisor of Occupational Health at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the first companies to use the Mubadala Healthcare’s occupational health services, the process was key to the nature of its operations.
Dr. Al Maazmi said: “Mubadala Healthcare, through its National Reference Laboratory and Amana Healthcare, is one of the organizations that has supported EGA since April as part of our extensive COVID-19 testing program for employees and contractors working on our sites in the UAE. As a vital industrial company that has continued operations throughout the pandemic, fast and accurate testing of our thousands of people has been the cornerstone of our COVID-19 response. It has enabled us to take action to prevent further spread when we have had cases, and has guided our broader prevention strategy. In more recent months, testing has also been key in bringing many of those who have been working at home back to EGA offices.”
The package is comprehensive and modular; it can be customized to meet the needs of all entities striving for a safe, successful and sustainable return to the workplace.
