The Imperial College London Diabetes Centre is
a new facility in Abu Dhabi specializing in Diabetes Treatment,
Research, Training and Public Health.
In the 4th Quarter of 2004, Mubadala Development Company ( www.mubadala.ae)
signed a framework agreement with the UK’s Imperial College
London ( www.imperial.ac.uk)
for mutual cooperation in the fields of education, healthcare,
research & development and industrial development.
The first initiative to come out of this partnership is
the establishment of the Imperial College London Diabetes
Centre in Abu Dhabi. This state-of-the-art specialized Centre
was opened in mid August 2006 next to the city’s Zayed Military
Hospital.
The treatment at the Centre allows the highest level of
specialized patient care from first diagnosis to the management
of all the complications associated with diabetes. This is
achieved by in-house comprehensive diagnostic facilities
including digital retinal photography, retinal laser machines,
and the latest in cardiac echocardiographic imaging and stress
testing to detect the earliest signs of heart disease.
Research conducted at the Centre will encompass epidemiological,
basic, clinical and genetic research focusing on diabetes
in the UAE. One of the Centre’s leading priorities will be
to provide continuing education for health professionals
and the general public.
Imperial College London’s history and expertise in the study
of diabetes brings one of the leading medical academic institutions
in the world to Abu Dhabi as a core working partner.
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