NEWSLETTER - VOL - 1, ISSUE - 7 - JUNE - 2016
Ramadan Kareem
CONTENTS CEO’s Introduction Main Feature • North Western Memorial Hospital Chicago • Zenith - A Move Towards Prevention - Dr. Jenna Burton • First Edition of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Innovation Award 2016 - Julie Adams Group News • Healthbay Group • Sharjah Corniche Hospital Group HR Section • New Joiners Marketing • Marketing Activities Across the Northern Emirates. Events • 25th Ibin Sina CME - Update Health Matters • Eating Mindfully During Ramadan • Tips To Help You Maintain Fitness During Ramadan • Keeping Cool During Ramadan • How Giving Can Boost Your Wellbeing • Some general Ramadan Do’s and Don’ts • My Personal Journey to Health and Fitness - Nisrine Bou Frem Article • My Faith - Praveen • Dreams Never Die - Dr. P C Jacob Cookery Club Fun Time Editor’s Note
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2016 is already well underway with lots of exciting developments and new projects that should continue to strengthen the company and create new career opportunities.
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few goodbyes; it was sad to see Dr. Ed, Haridas and Jannat leave AAH in May and we wish them well with their new opportunities and thank them for their contribution to our journey.
On the business front Healthbay is going through incredible change with the imminent opening of new specialized centres that shall include Medical Oncology, Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, Psychology,
A few hellos; it is however, fantastic to welcome Dr. Tasnim Khan who joins as our new Medical Director and MD for Orchid IVF. Dr. Tasnim Khan joins us from Qatar where she was the Chief Medical Officer of the National Health Insurance Company also known as Seha. Prior to that, she worked as a Senior Medical Director for Optum/United Health Group Insurance in the US. She has over 18 years’ experience as a clinician and in leading Managed care initiatives in the US. She completed school and training at the University of Texas Medical School Houston and a Masters in Health Care Management from Harvard University. Another welcome goes to Dr. Jenna Burton who leads Health and Wellness for the Zenith program and joining her as Head of Occupational Health is Jacqueline Banda who leaves Emirates Airline to join the AAH team. Welcome to our family.
Women’s Health, Diagnostics and a new branch in the Dubai Marina area. With 14 centres Healthbay now becomes the largest community based Healthcare provider in Dubai. I was also particularly pleased to see Healthbay win a prestigious Brand award for its new branding strategy before we had even launched it to the general public. The Northern Emirates is progressing well with our flagship Amina Hospital breaking new records for patient numbers each month and receiving consistently positive patient feedback, ranked in the high 90’s. The new additions of the Al Jurf clinic in Ajman and the move of the Sharjah Corniche Hospital are going well as projects and should be open later this year. Contd...
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Dr. Tasnim Khan Medical Director and MD, Orchid IVF
Dr. Jenna Burton
Group Health and Wellness Manager, AAH
Jacqueline Banda
Head of Occupational Health
The Ibin Sina CME event continues to get record numbers and allows us to put something back into the community as well as provide a regular social networking opportunity for healthcare professionals in the northern Emirates. PHD continues to grow and after a successful year in 2015, is beating budget strongly in 2016.
New Initiatives: Orchid IVF. Our new partnership with Dr Oras for IVF fertility will finally open in July with a soft launch and will be strongly promoted later in 2016 when we announce our exciting new partnership with the Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. This is a first for Northwestern and AAH in bringing one of the most respected healthcare brands in America to the UAE and giving us a prestigious partner to help differentiate our services from the rest of the market.
Zenith, our managed care program, continues to grow with corporate clients keen to control healthcare costs and to invest in long term strategies to have a healthier workforce. With Dubai Airport and Lamprell Engineering allowing us to pilot our services across the group, we are now expanding our network ahead of many new clients starting the Zenith program later this year. Our Zenith Partner program now includes: • Dr Joseph’s Jupiter Group • Cedars Hospital and their satellite clinic in Bur Dubai • Dr Hani’s Diagnostic Centre in Bur Dubai We will be adding many more partners to the Zenith network to cope with demand. AAH continues to be the fastest growing and most innovative provider in the UAE and our success is down to each and every member of our team, thank you for your continued hard work and support. Warm Regards,
Mark
As the auspicious month of Ramadan starts, may the crescent-shaped moon brighten your path toward enlightenment and may Allah bless you with peace and grace. Wishing you a Happy Ramadan!
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North Western Memorial Hospital Chicago It was January 2014 when we first met the team from Northwestern Memorial Hospital at Arab Health. They were looking to bring some of their world beating expertise to the GCC and were looking for a partner to work with.
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wo and a half years later, we met in Chicago to sign AAH’s first International partnership and the first ever venture outside of America for Northwestern.
Northwestern Memorial is one of the largest hospital groups in America with a not for profit charter and a core team of over 1,200 physicians. It is part of a group of hospitals all inter connected by walkways and underground pathways and a skyline of modern towers that dominate the heart of Chicago. During my visit I was initially greeted by their CEO Dean Harrison at a breakfast meeting during which we signed our long term partnership. Then under the care of Elizabeth Crane (Managing Director of International Relations) I was taken on a VIP tour of the entire facility. Elizabeth, along with Dr. Daniel Derman and Dr. Jared Robins were the core team who brought us together with a vision of ever closer collaboration in the future. Northwestern is the main general hospital but the complex includes probably the best Children’s Hospital I have ever seen with the Anne and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago which in the building design, incorporates a life size fire truck on the 5th floor and a nearly Dubai size Aquarium on the Mezzanine floor. Next door is the Prentice Woman’s Hospital which has one of the largest maternity departments I have ever seen with over 100 NICU beds and an end to end range of clinical services dedicate to Chicago’s female residents.
As a complex, Northwestern Memorial is modern and cutting edge (even boasting Proton therapy) and many patients travel from the GCC for complex treatments including transplant surgeries. Dr. Robins, who leads the Orchid IVF project from North Western Hospital, will with his World class protocols and patient support, together with Dr. Tasnim and our first class clinical team (who will shortly join us) will ensure that we show the UAE population what world class fertility and IVF looks like. If this project develops the way we hope, there may be many more exciting Northwestern / AAH new services in the future.
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Zenith - A Move Towards Prevention In 1796, Edward Jenner developed the first ever vaccination for small pox. This marked the first revolutionary step towards preventative health and the pursuit of a preventative and proactive, healthcare system. Yet despite many vaccinations being hence discovered for acute critical diseases, the attitude towards more chronic conditions such as coronary heart disease, blood pressure and raised cholesterol has remained reactive in approach. In other words treatment of diseases or conditions receives more focus than prevention of them!
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t takes a friend to suffer a stroke, a neighbor to develop a malignant lump or even a colleague to lose their life before we begin to look at our own health and our own lifestyle attitudes. It should be a mandatory part of our every day; read the paper, respond to our emails, then go to the gym and check-in with our own health status. Not necessarily an exciting part of our day, but a vitally important one. This is why Zenith is such an exciting initiative. We supplement the government’s public health department and reach out to those who may not have access to the
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healthcare they need to assist in creating a better, healthier and more aware UAE. We aim to change the unhealthy decisions that people have been making and change the course of their life and we do this via onsite screenings, health education or altering the environment around people. We visit labour camps, corporate companies and meet with everyone from top level executives to masses of hard working labourers, all in the aid of preventative medicine. Zenith aims to help identify those with signs of disease so that they can get treated EARLY. We strive to, as the old expression goes, ‘nip it in the bud.’ If we can help a person control his/her borderline high blood sugars now, we can potentially save them from a life time (and a shortened lifetime at that) of diabetic consequences; mood swings, fatigue, loss of limbs, disrupted vision, painful leg ulcers, hospital visits, hospital stays, insulin injections and reduced capacity of life. People who realize their need for a blood pressure pill may not be
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able envisage the pathway of their health without it. They may not see how identifying the need to take an ARB every morning has saved them from the heart attack lurking around the corner and the disability that may be associated with this. But we see it, and that’s why we are needed. Zenith is a holistic, common sense approach to a healthcare problem. Streamlining healthcare, improving access to good, quality assured healthcare and caring for those who use this healthcare system. Besides achieving the obvious and necessary benefit of a healthier population, Zenith also helps to clean up the healthcare market and save money for insurers. It also helps to secure improved health provisions in the future. Our aim for Zenith is to provide bespoke, well thought through wellness packages that relate to the people who will be using them. We do not want to simply provide a health lecture here and there, we want to get under the skin of the healthcare issues and work with employers to do this. Zenith is about change and we are proud to be leading the market in a different ‘healthier’ direction.
Dr. Jenna Alice Burton Group Health and Wellness Manager, AAH
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INNOVATION
First Edition of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Innovation Award 2016 Anglo Arabian Healthcare are proud to announce that they have successfully entered the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Innovation Award for 2016. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched this exciting opportunity and has invited participation across all business sectors and therefore, it was imperative that Anglo Arabian Healthcare were able to demonstrate that innovation was at the heart of our organization and that we consistently strive for excellence. The role of innovation is essential to gain a competitive edge, to shift productivity and output upwards and is a unique capability to sustain a firm foothold in the market and regional competitiveness worldwide. In a globalized economy, only the most prepared companies will assert their positions in the market and take an active role in the economic development. To this end, with the ultimate objective of supporting GCC companies to excel in business excellence and particularly in the
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area of innovation, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in co-operation with the UAE Ministry of Economy launched the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Innovation Award (MRM). The innovation award aims at recognizing and celebrating the success of companies who are proven to be leaders in the realm of innovation, and whose outstanding practices and achievements in innovation contribute to the development of their economies and serve as an inspiration for all like-minded companies across the GCC. The MRM Business Innovation Award is a unique niche award that provides businesses in the GCC a distinctive benchmark for their business practices and performance in innovation and appreciate its related enabling areas that are embedded in the Excellence model. The MRM Business Performance Model is a framework that is both flexible and industry generic, and provides a systematic perspective for managing the organization
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to achieve performance excellence. The framework is important as a unifying mechanism to facilitate progress and assist with organizational learning. The Business Performance Model is based on the principle that for an organization to succeed there is a number of key business enablers on which it should concentrate to achieve competitiveness by reaching goals whose success is measured in the Results. The MRM Business Performance Model looks at Strategy and Leadership at its core. In addition, it looks at Innovation, Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Customer, Workforce & Talent Management and Operations & Processes and Financial & Marketplace. All of these areas are intertwined or relate in some way to each other and are impacted by the business context which is unique to each company and industry. The application process has been incredibly rigorous and our final submission application consisted of 14 pages supported with relevant appendices. We are very excited to have been selected to go through to the next round in the judging process and are looking forward to further scrutiny during the on-site visit scheduled for September or October. Once this has been completed, the next stage sees the Jury Review that comprises of an international and independent panel of judges and chaired by H. E. Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy who will make the final decision.
The names and winners will be recognized during a prestigious Award Ceremony that is planned for November 2016 and which we hope that Anglo Arabian Healthcare’s dedication to innovation and best business practices will be recognized and celebrated. Good luck AAH!
Julie Adams Co-Founder & Marketing Director, AAH Email: julie.adams@angloarabian-healthcare.com
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GROUP NEWS Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
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HealthBay Updates
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ealthbay is also pleased to announce that we have successfully launched our brand new Orthopaedics and Physiotherapy centre in Villa 5 on the Al Wasl Road, Dubai. Villa 5 is the very first of 6 adjoining villas that are due to open this year, adding exciting new healthcare services to the HealthBay group portfolio as well as introducing new Doctors to the team. Villa 5 houses HealthBay’s only dedicated bone and joint health centre with Podiatry and Osteopathy as support services, all under one new roof.
We are incredibly proud to announce that the recent brand refresh of HealthBay has won Silver at the 2016 Transform Awards MENA region for best visual identity in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry!
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HR UPDATE Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
June - 2016
We wish a warm welcome to the following team members who have joined the HealthBay Group since January 2016: Employee Name
Job Title
Location
Anabelle Torino
Registered Nurse
Al Thanya
Aynah May Saringan
Registered Nurse
Motor City
Benedicta Jeevitha Dsouza
Registered Nurse
Al Thanya
Carla Joy Quijano
Registered Nurse
Al Wasl
Caron Laubscher
Receptionist
Motor City
Charlotte Egan
Receptionist
Al wasl
Dina Al- Tschalabi
Receptionist
Al Wasl
Dr. Alia Issa
General Practioner
Motor City
Dr. Emilia Saulle
Consultant Neurologist
Al Thanya
Dr. Mascha Isabel Lindemann
Specialist Pediatrician
Motor City
Dr. Zrinka Savatovic
General Practioner
Al Wasl
Dr. Federica Margherita Fabris
Specialist Gastroenterologist
Al wasl
Frenzee Mae Erasquin
Registered Nurse
Al Thanya
Gowthaman Sampathraj
Medical Laboratory Technician
Al wasl
Hollie Marie Tate
Registered Nurse
Al Wasl
Janelle S. Sapigo
Registered Nurse
Al wasl
Jeddahlyn Soriano
Registered Nurse
Al wasl
Lorie Del Rosario
Registered Nurse
Al wasl
Mavis Aranha
Call center agent
Al Wasl
Mavluda Mcdonnell
Specialist Family Medicine Physician
Motor City
Melissa Gail Almagro
Registered Nurse
Al Wasl
Mohamed Kalibullah
Motor Bike Driver
Al wasl
Nezka Camille San Pedro
Insurance/Receptionist/Cashier
Motor City
Noufal Malikkantakath
Clinic Driver
Al wasl
Prashanth Monis
IT Support
Al wasl
Rachel Macasinag
Receptionist
Mirdiff
Rahel Priya John
Registered Nurse
Al Wasl
Randa Chad
Clinic Supervisor
Motor City
Rareesh P. R.
Medical Laboratory Technician
Al Wasl
Rebecca Howard
Registered Nurse
Al wasl
Rei Jay Espejo
Insurance Coordinator
Al wasl
Sara Abdelghany
Clinic Dietician
Al Wasl
Stephanie Masche
Receptionist
Al Wasl
Victoria Hunt
Administration
Al wasl
Victoria Tomlinson
Registered Nurse/ Nurse Manager
Al wasl
Yaroslava Pilhanchuk
Receptionist
Al Thanya
Zena Enright
Receptionist
Al Thanya
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HEALTH MATTERS Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
June - 2016
My Personal Journey to Health and Fitness Nisrine Bou Frem, Group HR and Marketing Manager, HealthBay My passion for fitness and healthy living came from a personal experience. Four days after I gave birth in August 2012, and I was shocked to find out I weighed 89kg. I gained 30kg before and during my pregnancy and feasted on all the unhealthy treats – sugars, breads and desserts! I walked daily. The weight watcher points tracking and the daily steps become part of my routine. In April 2014, after losing 25kgs, I decided to join a gym and focus on fitness. I did over 100 sessions with a personal trainer and introduced weight training. I fell in love with working out. I trained almost 6 days a week, and sometimes twice a day for over 6
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then decided to make a change and start losing weight. I tried all fad diets around – low carbs, juicing but I wasn’t able to lose more than 5 kgs because the weight loss was just short term. It wasn’t a sustainable diet. Through a colleague’s recommendation, I started using Weight Watchers online where I started logging my food daily and accounting for everything I ate. I suddenly started seeing my weight dropping weekly. I started reading motivational articles to keep me going, and bought a step meter to track the 10,000 steps
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months. I would go for a 6am weight training session, and then cardio at 6pm. From there, I saw my body fat percentage decreased, and my muscle mass increased. I felt happier and had more energy than ever. As I was dropping the weight, many HealthBay employees would ask for advice on diet and training. The high cost of gym membership could be a
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deterring factor for some people who want to get healthy. I decided to do something for the clinic by creating the HealthBay Fitness Team – all for free! We train 3 times a week – Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday in the management office at 6:30am. We have equipped the class with dumbbells, medicine balls, steps and yoga mat. When the weather was good, we went to the beach to train there. I’ve used all
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the experience I’ve had at the gym and what I’ve learned from personal training to train the staff. I’ve seen the number of people interested in this class increase, which motivates me to think of new ways to help incorporate fitness and training.
will be an HR event to demonstrate cooking healthy food, and how to make food swaps to healthier items. Losing weight the healthy way was one of the best things that happened to me, and I’m so happy to share all that I’ve learned to help others.
I’ve started sharing healthy recipes, and articles so they can continue on the path of healthy living. My next step
Attached are some pictures of our training sessions.
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GROUP NEWS Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
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Sharjah Corniche Hospital Group On Behalf of Sharjah Corniche Hospital, we wish you Ramadan Kareem The Hospital has recently expanded into the 2nd floor of the building thereby easing the persistent space constraints in the hospital. The 2nd floor now includes Gynecology, Internal medicine, Orthopaedics, Pathology and the Hair transplant department .By the end of June 2016 a Pharmacy will also open thus extending the scope of services in the Hospital. Moreover the expansion to the Laboratory will solve all space issues.
of Dr. Omar Eissa Habo (General Practitioner) the Hospital has extended its timings up to 1 AM thus being available at more convenient timings for patients. The Hair Transplant department, which is an exclusive service in the SCH Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery Department and one of the few centers in Sharjah to provide the services, has hired a skilled and experienced team of technicians.
The addition of Dr. Attaallh AlRefaee, Sharjah Corniche Hospital is also in who specializes in Joint Replacement the initial stage of its relocating to a the Orthoapedics Department has further strengthened. With the addition newer facility this providing better
accessibility, more parking, better spaced out services all of which will translate to better patient experience at the hospital. The inclusion of Dr. Mukesh Vaniumthodi (Paediatrican) and Dr Annie Joseph (Gynecologist) in Doctors Medical Centre has strengthen the Paediatric and Gyneacology department and the centre looks forward to its strong Mother and Child association to serve the community. Allan Pereira General Manager, SCH Group
The Sharjah Corniche Hospital - 2nd floor now includes Gynecology, Internal medicine, Orthopaedics, Pathology and the Hair transplant department .
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HR UPDATE Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
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We wish a warm welcome to the following team members who have joined the SCH Group since January 2016:
Omar Eissa Habo
General Practitioner, Sharjah Corniche Hospital
Dr. Attaallh Alrefaee
Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sharjah Corniche Hospital
Dr Annie Joseph
Specialist OB/GYN, Doctors Medical centre
Dr. Mukesh Vaniumthodi Specialist Paediatrician, Doctors Medical Centre
Employee Name
Job Title
Location
Adeel Javed Khan
Patient Coordinator
DMC
Basheer Mohammed Syed
Laboratory Technologist
SCH
Chandravathanam Prem Shorup
Physiotherapist
DMC
Cherry Mae Ypil Caputol
Housekeeping Staff
SCH
Christy Priju
Registered Nurse
SCH
Dr Abdul Rahman Qari Muhamma Ishaque
Gen. Practitioner - Project Zenith ( Dubai)
DMC
Dr. Ahmed Hakeem Hafiz
Gen. Practitioner - Project Zenith ( Sharjah)
DMC
Dr. Annie Joseph
Specialist - OB Gynecologist
DMC
Dr. Attaalh Mohammad Alrefaee
Specialist - Orthopedic
SCH
Dr. Mukesh Cherusheri Vaniumthodi
Paediatrician
DMC
Dr. Omar Eissa Abdelshafy Habo
Gen. Practitioner
SCH
Gokul Kannath
Patient Coordinator
DMC
Gokul Niravathu Vijayan
Nurse - Project Zenith (Dubai)
DMC
Hanaa Abdelkarim Sabah Elkheir
Pharmacist
SCH
Hemat Mohamed Abdalla
Front Desk Reception
SCH
Inocencia Bansil
Front Desk Reception
SCH
Jiji Jose
Laboratory Technologist
DMC
Muhammad Faizal Zaheer
Procurement Incharge
SCH
Muhammad Zeeshan Azam Khan
Asst. Phamacist
SCH
Nadiya Mohammed Mubash
Laboratory Technologist
DMC
Noela Mae Abungan
Registered Nurse
SCH
Remya Raveendran
Registered Nurse
SCH
Rosiel Munoz
Hair Transplant Nurse
SCH
Shahina Thannimoottil Anand
Registered Nurse
SCH
Sharjeel Khokhar
Nurse - Project Zenith ( Sharjah)
DMC
Sheela Rebakka
Registered Nurse
DMC
Sherin James
Hair Transplant Nurse
SCH
Sumayya Sham
Registered Nurse
SCH
Sumi Cyriac
Registered Nurse
DMC
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We wish a warm welcome to the following team members who have joined the Anglo Arabian Healthcare since January 2016: Name
Designation
Name
Designation
Ana Marie Eusebio
Call Centre Operator
Jacquiline Banda
Occupational Health Nurse
Dr. Jenna Alice Burton
Health & Wellness Manager
Neeraj V.G.
Business Analyst
Dr. Tasnim Khan
COO & CMO
Reshma Raveendran
Assistant HR Manager
G.V.Rakesh
Call Centre Manager
Wasif Manningal
Call Centre Operator
A part of Anglo Arabian Healthcare
We wish a warm welcome to the following team members who have joined the PHD Group since January 2016: Employee Name
Job Title
Location
Employee Name
Job Title
Location
Dana Waleed Abdulhadi
Receptionist
PHD, Dubai
Kristine Petras
Medical Technologist
PHD, Dubai
Daryl Pederi Bazar
Receptionist
Michelle Co Pe
Senior Medical Technologist
PHD, Dubai
PHD, Al Ain
Denver Comising
Medical Technologist
PHD, WR
PHD, Dubai
Radiologist
PHD Al Ain
Nithin Mathew Varghese
Sales Executive
Dr. Evangelia Astropekaki
PHD, Dubai
Medical Technologist
PHD, WR
Rania Yahia Elamin Ahmed
Medical Technologist
Edward Mario Gregory Stanislaus
Driver
PHD, Dubai
Sheila Mae Dumancas
Phlebotomist/ Medical Technologist
PHD Al Ain
Jeganathan Premkumar kathy Jane Reyes
Receptionist
PHD Al Ain
A part of Anglo Arabian Healthcare
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We wish a warm welcome to the following team members who have joined the Concord Medical Centres since January 2016: Employee Name
Job Title
Location
Employee Name
Job Title
Location
Akhila Asokan
OPD Assistant
Ibin Sina Medical Center
Shaimaa Ebrahim
Pharmacist
Arabian Pharmacy
Dr. Fathima Mohamed
GP
Aaliyah Medical Center
Sherly Linu Jacob
Pharmacist
Emirates Pharmacy
Manacy Lukose
OPD Assistant
New Ibin Sina Medical
Shiyas Abdul Rub
Receptionist
Ibin Sina Medical Center
Insurance Clerk
Ibin Sina Medical Center
Rahab Raheem Ranjima .P
Radiology support staff
Ibin Sina Medical Center
Shrfudeen Vazeer Ahmed
Pharmacy Auxiliary Helper
Al Khaleej Pharmacy
Reem Abdallah
Lab Tech
Ibin Sina Medical Center
Swapna Mohan
OPD Assistant
Ibin Sina Medical Centre
Grand Emirates Pharmacy
Yoonus Salim
Driver
Ibin Sina Medical Center
Shaikh Jaweed
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Assistant Pharmacist
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We wish a warm welcome to the following team members who have joined the Amina Hospital since January 2016: Name
Designation
Name
Designation
Aboobakker Kunnumparavalappil
ER Staff Nurse
John Roger Blake
EHSMS, Fire & Safety Manager
Ali Abdulla Ibrahim Ali Alshehhi
PRO
Juan Rafael Gomez
OT-Clerk
Ali Eldin Al Shafey
Head - HR Northern Emirates
Khalil Al Haj Moussa
Receptionist
Arunlal Cherian
OT Staff Nurse
Maryam Ahmed Amer Saeed
Receptionist
Bincy Thomas
Phlebotomist/A&E Nurse
Melanie Gonesto Olmillo
Porter- OT
Dianne Patricia Uys
Midwife
Mohamed Afras Mohamed Izzadeen
CSSD Helper
Dr. Abdul Ahad Khan
Specialist Orthopedics
Mohamed Riyaz Thajudeen
Senior Storekeeper
Dr. Ayman Hussien
Specialist - ENT
Ms. Samar Achkar
Executive Secretary
Dr. Farzana Thaseen
GP Dentist
Ms.Jenalynn
Medical Records Clerk
Dr. Mahmoud Ramadan
Specialist Cardiologist
Ms.Saffa Mousa Ahmed Qarmsh
Nursing Supervisor
Dr. Marc Rummler
COO
Mumthas Kunju Muth
Anesthesia Technician
Dr. Naim Sarkis Satme
Specialist Urologist
Nadra Ahmed
Receptionist
Dr. Shanmugapriya
Specialist Dermatologist
Noha Yasser Mostafa Kamel Elbagoury
Receptionist
Dr. Alka Chaudhary
Specialist- Radiologist
Om Prakash
Laboratory Technologist
Dr. Amira Mohamed Kamaleldin
Specialist-Pathologist
Sara Ibhrahim Mohamed Gomaa El Ghoul
Staff Nurse OPD
Dr.Krzysztof Zareba
Specialist- General Surgery
Shaista Rahim
Quality Coordinator
Dr. Mehboob Ahmad
Specialist-Anaesthesiologist**
Shana Kotze
Group Clinical Educator
Dr. MHD Samer Al Merie
Consultant- Emergency Medicine
Sukhwinder Kumar
Accountant
Dr. Ousama Moh'd Ali Abderrahim Jarrad
Consultant Anaesthesiologist**
Sundararaj Ramar
Electrician
Dr. Pankaj Pandit Dole
Specialist-Orthopaedics
Vidhya Mohanarangan
Medical Coder
Dr. Reem Gadalla
Specialist-Pediatrics & Neonatology
Vinitha Choolayil Vijayan
Radiographer
Dr. Sheharyar Tanveer
General Practitioner
Wilma Gracy Veigas
OPD Staff Nurse
Elenjoy Borja
Porter
Yousaf Rajish
Carpenter & Painter
Imran Unaiz Melangadi
Receptionist
Zeinab Yassin Farah
Receptionist
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MARKETING Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
June - 2016
Marketing Activities Across the Northern Emirates. The Marketing team in the Northern Emirates have been working tirelessly to promote the Amina Hospital, Sharjah Corniche Hospital and Concord Medical Centres as well as support the hugely popular Ibin Sina CME program which saw over 2,000 delegates in attendance.
Amina Hospital The first quarter of 2016 was an action packed one for the Amina Hospital marketing team. We proudly conducted several of the firsts for the newly launched Amina brand including activities in marketing & branding, events for community based doctors and & corporate relations, print, online and social media management, marketing
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campaigns and community outreach programs etc. Professional networking with doctors in the local community is a key part of our marketing activities and their confidence in Amina Hospital is endorsed by the many referrals we receive for IP services and advanced diagnostics. Efforts for this commenced with an Open Day help for the community doctors and
the doctors in the AAH group. The attendees were impressed with the facility and shared this with the Amina team. A get-together was also arranged with the doctors at Concord Medical Centers in Ajman and Amina hospital doctors to strengthen the rapport and impart better patient care through advanced diagnostic and Inpatient services. A CME on the latest advancements
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in Gynecology was conducted with MOH Credit points, targeting the female GPs and Gynecologists practicing close to Amina Hospital and the response was overwhelming. We have also received excellent feedback from patients who are pleased by the quality of the services and the ambiance of the hospital. Corporate relations is currently one of the main area of focus for us and we have signed contracts with SSM group, Um Al Moumineen Association, Nesto, and Mohammed Azim Furniture, within in short span of time. These contracts will allow for employees of these companies to avail of preferential healthcare services at our Hospital. We have also signed with the Cars Taxi Services for availing medical fitness and eye checkup for their drivers currently between 1500 and 2000 in numbers, at Amina Hospital. Our Doctors were very active in radio, health magazines and newspapers through participation in live talk shows, contribution to
Facebook.com/AminaHospitals
articles and columns in print. Dr.. Malini Vijayan (Specialist Obstetrics/ Gynecology), Dr. Shanitha Fathima (Specialist Obstetrics/Gynecology), Dr. Manjula Reddy(Specialist Obstetrics/Gynecology), Dr. Pankaj Dole(Specialist Orthopedics), Dr. Abdul Ahad khan(Specialist Orthopedics) and Dr. Lubna Dawood (Specialist Orthodontics) were live on air on HUM FM, Radio Asia, Gold FM and Voice of Kerala. Articles on Various topics by our doctors were regular published in Better health Magazine (Khaleej Times), and Al Sheha Wateb ( Al Khaleej) We’ve successfully concluded the recording of Health Talks by our specialists. Dr. Hesham Souka - Consultant Surgeon, Dr.Sherif Consultant Pediatrician, Dr.Naim - Specialist Urologist, Dr.Samar Consultant Emergency Medicine, Dr.Ayman - ENT Surgeon, Dr.Souad - Specialist Ophthalmologist and Dr.Amjad - GP have given lectures on various topics related to their area of specialization across various events. These talks will be telecasted during the month of June 2016 in RAK TV.
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The Amina brand building exercises through different mediums is appreciated and have wide impact translating to more walk in patients. Outdoor advertisements were displayed on billboards, bridge panels and lamp posts in various vital areas of Ajman and Sharjah. Our commercials were also placed in leading online mediums, radio stations and movie theatres. We’ve chosen leading print dailies and magazines in English and Arabic to promote the new Amina brand. Camps and campaigns were in full swing during the first quarter with Health Day observances coupled with screening camps for the public. Campaigns such as early detection of breast cancer and free dental checkup for pregnant ladies had good response from the public. Free medical checkups conducted on World Health Day and Hypertension Day in the hospital had an overwhelming response from the public. Amina Hospital has been in the forefront to support medical and
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community programmes for the last 6 months, like Paedia Dubai - CME, Ajman Paediatric Club (currently under the Amina brand), Ibin Sina CME, and Symphony Talent Hunt etc. Our Initiative, announced on World Nurses Day and offering a 25% discount on Delivery and Antenatal Package for the entire Nursing Community in UAE continues to receive applause from the nurses’ fraternity. In the coming months, Amina Hospital will open our first dedicated VIP suites within the hospital to cater for our more affluent patients. To support the growth of the hospital, the very first Amina Medical Centre is scheduled to open in the Al Jurf area of Ajman in 2016 and we look forward to sharing exciting updates about these developments in the next edition of Health Works.
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(oral and Maxillofacial surgeon) , Dr Sayed Naveed (Family Medicine),Dr Fathima Mohamed (Family Medicine), Dr. Mohammad Shakel Anwer (Pediatrician), spoke on different topics from their area of their expertise.
Concord Branding Transition into Concord brand is in the final stage for Ibin Sina, New Ibin Sina, Family Medical Centre and Aaliya Medical Centers. Phase by phase rebranding is currently on and the external and internal signage have been installed. Stationery, colors and feel of the infrastructure is in tune with the Concord brand guidelines. We’ve also started the process of aligning all the 5 pharmacies with Concord brand. We’ve completed the installation of the
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Concord themed main signage for all the pharmacies.
Media Presence During the last four months, in order to increase the brand reach and to promote specialists, regular radio talks were being arranged on Voice of Kerala, Radio Asia, Asianet Radio and Hum FM. Dr. Mini P.G (Gynecologist), Dr. Roy Sebastian (Internal Medicine),Dr. Ratheesh Kumar (Pediatrician),Dr. Nilam Hameed (Orthopaedician), Dr Ramkumar
There was regular presence in the print and online mediums to ensure more footfall. Activities like distribution flyers, SMS shoot, internal marketing and display of roll up, posters and calendars were also being made.
Community Outreach programs
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The Concord team was very active in organizing Health Awareness campaign associated with various institutions. Concorde Medical Center has made a Memorandum of Understanding with Julphar Pharmaceuticals to conduct free medical camps in Ajman during which Julphar will distribute free medicine to the patients. Free Health Screening campaign was organized at clinics and various labor camps companies for the targeted communities. Free Health screening campaigns together with doctor consultation with General Medicine doctor & Dentist were also arranged in Al Amana Private School and Royal Academy for the parents, teachers and students. Concord Medical Centre supported local sports events by sponsoring football teams and cricket teams.
Corporate Tie Up & Medical Service Agreements Concord medical centers made a tie-up with Nesto to offer discounted treatment for inaam royalty card holders Current inaam cardholders in UAE are more than 250,000 in number and 70% of customers are based in Sharjah and Ajman Corporate Medical service agreements have been signed with Pioneer House LLC, Rimal International Company, Welfit Co LLC and Al Amman Social Service Society is in pipeline.
Sharjah Corniche Group Sharjah Corniche Hospital: There is a regular presence in the print and online mediums to ensure more footfall. We’ve recently concluded the recording of doctors’ health talks that will be telecasted in RAK TV in the month of June 2016 and the following doctors will be featured in the talk show – Dr. Abdul Rahman Alkrad and Dr. Attaallh Alrefaee – Orthopaedics and Dr. Malaz Yabrodi Internal Medicine.
service in Sharjah and we have kept outdoor advertisements in prominent locations in SHJ.
Internal Marketing We’ve started a new concept to make public aware about the different health issues which are prevalent in UAE. Eg. Diabetes, Breast cancer, Heart problems etc. T shirt with public awareness message are being prepared for receptionists to wear every Saturday and will cover different health causes.
Dr. Abdul Rahman and Dr. Attaallh – Orthopaedics were also featured in Al Arabia FM in which we have run SCH radio commercials as well.
We also initiated Vitamin D deficiency awareness and a free Spirometry screening on International No Tobacco Day.
There were specific campaigns for the promotion of Dr. Alexander Krakovsky, International visiting consultant and plastic surgeon from USA.
Community Outreach programmes
We’ve recently added the Hair Transplant services under SCH and started its promotions through various channels. This is a relatively a new
We were busy with a lot of community outreach initiatives for Sharjah Corniche group. SCH, Doctors Medical Centre and Unicare Medical Centre have organized health awareness programmes and health
In addition to this, we have made new medical service agreement with School of Knowledge, renewed the school service agreement with four schools and the contract with Emirates National School is in process.
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screening in Department of Human Resources Sharjah, Chamber of Commerce, Sharjah Municipality, Sharjah Police Special Task, Sharjah Immigration Department, Tamil Forum, Asian Cultural Centre, Holiday International Hotel, Sharjah Cement Factory, Muroor Driving institute, Sharjah Police Academy and in Indian Arts during their annual day celebration.
Corporate Tie Up & Medical Service Agreements Corporate service agreement have been made with Sharjah Citi Taxi for their 2000 employees. Also made tie-up with Al Bustan Hotel Group Sharjah.
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Doctors Medical Centre & Unicare Medical Centre We have been doing regular radio talks for Doctors in DMC and Unicare during the last quarter. Our doctors have given talk shows in Hum FM, Voice of Kerala and Radio Asia Dr. Mukesh Vaniumthodi (Paediatrician), Dr. Vandana (GP-Dentist), Dr Annie Joseph (Gynaecologist), Dr. Suman (ENT Specialist) have given talks on various topics. Ms. Priyanka, audiologist, Unicare Medical Centre also featured in Hum FM. There were internal screening campaigns on regular intervals in Unicare and an audiology camp in Victoria School, Al Tawun.
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25th Ibin Sina International CME Ajman; An update
The Ibin Sina CME team proudly organized the 25th edition of their CME program on the 7th- 8th April 2016. The Medical and Dental conferences were held simultaneously at the magnificent Sheikh Zayed Conference Centre of the Ajman University Complex in Jerf, Ajman.
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resenting the 25th edition was a real challenge to the organizing team and the Anglo Arabian management, as reaching this landmark over a very short span of time appeared to be a formidable task. Keeping in mind the long standing excellent reputation of the Ibin Sina CME, no efforts were spared to improve every aspect of the program at this historical juncture and the organizers were jubilant as the attendees were all in praise for the entire two day program.
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The conference theme chosen was “Modern Medicine & Dentistry - New Horizons” and 14 befitting topics were discussed by experts during the Medical and Dental conferences. This time we were lucky to have very renowned speakers from the Guy’s & St.Thomas group of hospitals in London and from a well known Medical School in Chennai, India along with a prominent national faculty. The entire CME team wishes to acknowledge their sincere gratitude to the Ibin Sina and AAH managements
for extending excellent all-round support and supervision without which this accomplishment could never have been achieved. We thank the 2000 attendees and the many pharmaceutical firms for their constant support and loyalty, and counting on your encouragement we are confident in our march ahead.
Dr. P. C. Jacob Medical & CME Director, Specialist Paediatrician, Ibin Sina Medical Centre
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Eating Mindfully During Ramadan Instead of the usual samosas, pakoras and sweet beverages for Iftar, why not instead try a healthy and balanced diet to make the most of the month of Ramadan? So how we can make the change for optimal health and wellbeing during the Holy Month? The following article will help to put you back on the path to eating mindfully during Ramadan.
Gaining Optimal Benefit
The Focus
Five Food Groups
The month of Ramadan is a great opportunity to focus on bringing back a balanced and healthy lifestyle into your life. Through fasting you begin to learn how to manage your eating habits, how to improve self-control and discipline as this month requires you to give the stomach a break, and by doing so you are able to break down and expel the accumulated toxins from your body.
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The fasts of Ramadan can improve a person’s health, however if the correct diet is not followed, it can actually worsen it! “The deciding factor is not the fast itself, but rather what is consumed in the non-fasting hours. To fully benefit from fasting, a person should spend a great deal of thought to the type and quantity of food they will indulge in through the blessed month.
During Ramadan you need to put extra effort into including foods from all five food groups to ensure variety and a well-balanced diet. These foods include: breads, cereals and other grain products, fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and poultry, milk, cheese and yoghurt however, limit fats and sugars as these contain very little nutrients and are high in calories. The most commonly consumed foods by
Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon Him) were milk, dates, lamb/mutton and oats.
Cooking Method Alternatives • Instead of deep frying, opt for shallow frying- usually there is very little difference in taste. • Instead of frying, opt for grilling or baking which is healthier and helps retain the taste and original flavor of the food, especially chicken and fish. • Instead of cooking food with excessive oil, start with measuring the oil used and try to bring the oil content down gradually, for example, reducing five tablespoons of oil to four. This is a good way of reducing oil without noticing much difference in the taste.
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At a Glance 10 Foods to Avoid During Fasting and Their Replacements 1. Fried foods Oily and fried foods tax the digestive system and load our bodies with free radicals. The best alternative would be grilled or baked vegetable kebabs, samosas or steamed dumplings.
2. Soft drinks All carbonated and caffeinated drinks should be avoided at all times to maintain good hydration during fasting. Homemade laban, lemonade, and unsweetened fruit juices can replenish energy and electrolytes.
3. High sugar based sweets The intake of these results in excessive caloric intake versus requirement due to caloric and fat density. Can be exchanged with milk based puddings or milk rice.
4. Coffee Excessive intake of coffee leads to loss of water and minerals during fasting due to its diuretic effect. Instead switch to black tea with lemon or herbs for a refreshing alternative.
5. High fat processed foods Convenience foods such as nuggets, pizza, ready-to-eat meals, sausages, and samosas should be discouraged during fasting as they can pose a risk for gastrointestinal health due to food contamination or additives and preservatives. Instead fresh homemade baked items can be made using various herbs and spices for better health and taste.
6. Refined carbohydrates
9. Packed fruit juices
Refined foods particularly white flour, sugars and high fructose corn syrup should be avoided during fasting as it increases glycemic load of the meal and reduces intake of good fibers. Whole meal preparations like harees and oats porridge are recommended due to their fullness and nutrient content.
Preserved foods have high sugar and salt content, which can disturb the electrolyte balance of our body. Moreover, packed juices are prepared with 1 percent real juice and 99 percent sugar water. Best alternatives are fresh juices and vegetable cocktails.
7. High fat Gravies Gravies, sauces or curries cooked with ghee or butter should be replaced with soups or curries made with potassium rich fresh tomatoes and herbs to minimise gastric load.
8. Junk food French fries, burgers, deep fried chicken and pizzas are disastrous food choices, which lead to high trans fat and sodium intake.
10. Croissants and Pastries Food items for breakfast (Suhour) should be low in bad fats and rich in fibers. Croissants and pastries dull out the appetite leading to inadequate nutrient intake and causes acidity during fasting hours. A healthy Suhour should include whole grain porridge, eggs and milkor yoghurt. (Credit: Fahmida Jafri, Department Head of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics, Ajman)
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Tips To Help You Maintain Fitness During Ramadan Even the most die-hard fitness fans tend to slow down somewhat during Ramadan. Yet Subodh Balakrishnan, Fitness Manager at Body & Soul Health Club in Ajman explains here about how we can maintain a fitness routine while fasting without compromising our health or our wellbeing. There is no reason that fitness enthusiasts cannot continue to get stronger, leaner and gain muscle during Ramadan using nutritional and workout tips. “In many ways, it’s actually the perfect opportunity to get leaner and to be in shape.” Says Subodh. Don’t use Ramadan as an excuse to not workout. “It is crucially important that you do some gym work over Ramadan as without it, and in the absence of a regular eating pattern, your metabolism will go on strike.” He advises that the best time to hit the gym during Ramadan is either early in the morning, after your meal of the day or after your first meal post-fasting. Ensure that your breakfast contains easily digested protein and depending upon your goals, some complex carbs and essential fats. Keep your workout duration tight, advises Balakrishnan. “Get in and out of the gym in less than one hour –preferably aim for 45 minutes of hard work out,” he says. Remember ‘hydration, hydration, hydration’! “During the time that you are allowed to drink, this is extremely important. I have seen a lot of Muslims pass out as they
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push themselves without drinking water. Your goal for a 200lbs man should be to try to drink 3 liters of water between dawn and sunrise.” Do not panic! Balakrishnan points out that many people think that they are going to lose their hard earned muscles at the time of Ramadan. “This isn’t so, and with a bit of organization and thought there is no reason to take a step backward,” he says and in fact, 4 to 5 meals over a 24-hour period are very possible. “For example, an individual could eat a large pre-Ramadan fats meal at Suhour, then break the Ramadan fats at Iftar, eat again at 10:00pm, and finally have a supper at 11:30pm,” he says.
Common Mistakes During Ramadan Lack of planning is the biggest mistake you can do during Ramadan, and remember the old saying that ‘Failing to plan is planning to fail.” he says; make a plan for your diet, training, job and sleep. More errors to avoid are below: • Not training. You won’t lose much muscle and strength if you stop lifting weight during Ramadan. But you will tend to stick to your diet less. And this can cause more muscle/strength loss and fat gains than not lifting.
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• Not eating healthy. Lots of people gain fat during Ramadan. The main reason for that is that a lot of the Ramadan foods are high in sugar and fats. • Not eating enough. Food is energy. If you don’t eat enough you will lack energy at the gym and won’t recover well. You must focus on calorie dense foods to get the most out of your feeding window. • Not sleeping enough. Short nights can cause sleep deprivation. This can kill your motivation to go to gym.
Ways to lose fat during Ramadan Fasting improves fat loss, says Balakrishnan. “You can get away with more carbs than you would usually, without gaining fats,” he says and his tips are as follows: Get stronger. Strength training prevents muscle loss. Keep lifting weights and work at getting stronger. Eat healthy. Eat whole, unprocessed foods 90 percent of the time. Chicken breast, tuna cans, oats, rice, pasta, bananas and eggs.
Drink water. Avoid coffee and green tea as they are diuretics. Drink water to avoid dehydration. Avoid junk foods. Lots of people gain weight just because they get tempted to stick to fast foods. Avoid cardio. You can’t drink water during the fast so cardio is a bad idea. Stick with lifting weights until Ramadan ends.
Keeping Cool During Ramadan The Holy Month of Ramadan will be very hot in the UAE this year and the fasting hours long. This year the Holy month of Ramadan commenced on Monday June 6 (1437 Hijri), and is expected to end on Tuesday July 5, 2016. Throughout the month the sun is expected to rise between about 5.02am and 5.06am according toTimeAndDate.com, and it will then set between 7.34pm and 7.39pm.
It’s not just the heat to take into account – according to Weather Spark, humidity in June can hit 89 per cent, and humidity makes it harder for the body to cool down. Here are some heat issues, and how to deal with them (not all of the advice will be applicable for those fasting during Ramadan, but a lot of it will work):
This means that those fasting will have to do so for around 14 to 15 hours each day.
HEAT CRAMPS
It will also be a hot time for fasters, with the average temperature in Dubai in June above 40 degrees Celsius (and remember, the average takes temperatures from both day and night into account, so daytime temperatures while people are fasting will be higher).
What to do: Exercising? Stop, and look for somewhere cool to rest. Sip water and rest for a few hours before doing anything too strenuous.
Last year in early June 2015, temperatures in Al Ain hit 50.5 degrees, and when the weather gets that hot the government recommends people stay indoors and avoid direct sunlight, so those fasting will want to do the same.
Warning signs: Heat cramps bring on sudden pains in muscle tissue, usually in the stomach, arms and legs area.
What to do: Seek shade immediately and lie down, especially if you’re feeling lightheaded. Apply a cold compress to the forehead and remove extra layers.
HEAT STROKE Warning signs: Heat stroke is a type of hyperthermia where the body temperature is greatly elevated. If not treated it can be fatal. Symptoms can be similar to those of a heart attack, along with nausea, headaches, hallucinations, difficulty in breathing and agitation. What to do: Apply cool water to the skin to encourage sweating and evaporation. Placing ice packs under the arms will also do the trick to reduce temperature quickly.
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How Giving Can Boost Your Wellbeing In the spirit of the Holy Month of Ramadan, charity and random acts of kindness are strongly encouraged. Yet another aspect of giving is that it an actually be beneficial for your wellbeing too.
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rom donating clothes to providing Iftar boxes to the many laborers, helping others without thinking about any benefit or personal gain to yourself, are known as acts of altruism. While charity is a selfless act, charity can actually boost our own sense of wellbeing, give you a sense of purpose and keep you active too! There are lots of opportunities to demonstrate charity throughout the UAE during Ramadan. This could mean signing up to volunteer with organizations such as Dubai Cares or simply visiting an elderly or sick neighbor to show them you care.
You really don’t need a reason to help people.
Some general Ramadan Do’s and Don’ts loud music or swear in public. At the very least these things are frowned upon and will cause discomfort to others, and at worst you may find yourself in trouble with the police or fined. DON’T… lose your patience. Working hours are likely to be shorter (and perhaps a little less productive), those who are fasting tend to be tired, and the UAE’s roads will be more hectic at times. DO… make the most of the community spirit. Say ‘Ramadan Kareem’ to friends and colleagues, introduce yourself to those neighbours you’ve always meant to say hi to, organise an after-work iftar, and catch up with friends and family. DO… become a night owl. Everything happens later during Ramadan. Malls are open past midnight and suhoors go into the early hours. Embrace the late nights and discover a side to the UAE you may not have seen before. DO… your bit for a good cause. Ramadan is a good time to put your money where your mouth is. The UAE has a wide range of charitable and volunteering organisations that you can easily join. DON’T… forget the rules. If you’re not a Muslim, you’re still expected to be respectful. It’s frowned upon to dress inappropriately, eat, drink or smoke during daylight, play PG.
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DON’T… miss it. Lots of people tend to head out of town during Ramadan, but it’s one of the most vibrant times to live in the UAE. What better time to get involved in the local culture?
BONUS DO… visit the Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding , which is hosting cultural iftars for Dhs135. Located in the beautiful Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood near the Creek, Dubai and it’s a unique opportunity to break the fast with Emirati locals, who will explain the UAE’s customs during the holy month.
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20 women are on the track. The race is on and in the final lap when, yet again, the incredibly fast runner outpaces all others with her speed and focus. She is quickly approaching the finish line and as she does so the roar of the audience is deafening. She charges ahead, unstoppable and obviously undefeatable. And at last she recreates magic, flying over the finish line with yet another new world record…
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My Faith A personal story by Praveen, Oras Medical Centre, LLC, Sharjah Part 1
July 18, 1944, Saint Bethlehem, USA. It was a rainy day. “Wimii, come inside. It’s raining heavily” called Wimii’s mother to a 4 year old Wimii who was playing outside. But there was no response. The mother came outside calling out to her daughter again but she found Wimii lying on the ground unconscious. “Oh my God! What happened to you my dear Wimii?!” cried her mother. She rushed her child to the hospital. After the doctor examined Wimii and ran several tests he informed the mother that Wimii had contracted the polio virus along with scarlet fever. Her mother read the doctor’s report with tearful eyes. Since the diagnosis, Wimii has had to wear a leg brace as she cannot walk.
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August 15, 1949. Tennessee, USA. A girl is sitting in a wheel chair outside her house with her orthopaedic shoes on and watching her friends playing close by. Her eyes were filled with tears “Mom, can I tell you something?” she said to her mother, who was washing clothes. “Yes dear”, she replied. ”I am going to the ground to play with my friends”. Her mother quickly came to her and asked her what she said. “Yes Mom, I really mean it. I cannot be a slave to this wheelchair anymore.” She
then removed her leg brace and threw it away angrily and attempted to stand up, but lost her balance and fell down hitting her face on the floor. ”Oh my dear!! What did you do?” The mother was in tears as lifted the girl off the floor and carried her back inside.
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September 8, 1960, Rome Olympics Stadium, Italy.
June 2016, The United Arab Emirates. These snippets from a person’s are not mere stories…They are three life situations of the American sprint legend Wilma Rudolph. She was the first American woman to take home three gold medals in track and field in a single Olympic Games and was considered the fastest woman on earth in the 1960s. She overcame incredible adversity with her faith and belief. In an interview she said “My doctors told me I would never walk again, my mother told me I would. I chose to believe my mother”. Wilma’s life is an inspiration to everybody. In this world, nothing is impossible if you have faith, which with hard work can create miracles...
The temperature soared to 110 °F (43 °C) as 80,000 spectators jammed the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. All of them are screaming with excitement as they waited to see the Olympic sprint finals for 100m, 200m & 4 x 100 m ). The women sprinters have lined up at the start line ready for their 100m sprint. The gun is raised to give the start signal and in a few seconds off they went racing to the finishing line. Among them one tall lady is sprinting ahead – and she is superfast leaving the next runner after her several yards behind!! She clinches a very clear victory with a new world record! Next is the women’s 200m final. The signal is given and the runners dashing to the finishing line. Once again the same, tall superfast runner is several paces ahead and clinches another victory with another Olympic record. The final race is the 4x100m women’s final and this time there are more than
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Dreams Never Die Personal reflections by Dr. P. C. Jacob, Medical & CME Director, Specialist Paediatrician, Ibin Sina Medical Centre
Right from my early schooldays I was fascinated by the gods, goddess and heroes of Greek mythology. The mighty Hercules (the Roman name for Greek demi-god Heracles) was our super hero when were introduced to the twelve labors of Hercules while in elementary school. In higher classes we listened to the Trojan War stories and the mysterious Greek Heroes left indelible impressions on my young mind.
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ast year my son presented me an interesting book titled “Greek Mythology” after a holiday trip to Greece. As soon as I began reading it, my childhood heroes once again started fueling my imagination but of course inciting a different type of awe and admiration While reading about Hypnos, the personification of sleep I wrote a piece on sleep (in the last issue of Health Works) and I am now somehow prompted to write about his adorable son Morpheus, the God of Dreams. The winged Morpheus has the amazing ability to appear in dreams in any form he wishes and communicates divine messages to mortal man through images and stories created as dreams. Chester Beatty Papyrus is considered
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to be the oldest dream book in existence and dates back to 1350 B.C. Ancient Egyptians considered “BES” as their god of dreams and believed that divine warnings, advice and prophesies were revealed to them in dreams. Temple priests trained in “The Book of the Dead” were priced professional dream interpreters who were much in demand. Ancient Egyptians developed an advanced practice of conscious dream travel into the dark alleys of afterlife. They also expected their rightful king to be a master dream traveler who could travel beyond the gates of death, while alive. Dreams were vividly alive among the great ancient Asian civilizations too. During the Shang Dynasty, about 4000 years ago, the Chinese
experimented with dreams to explore the world of spirits. Dream interpreters were highly respected in royal courtyards and among the elite of the society. The Confucian classic “Rites of Zhou”, compiled during the Warring State Period (455-221 B.C.) classifies dreams into six categories and interprets them differently based on social, medical and religious concepts. “Swapna” is the Sanskrit word for dream. References to dreams and their descriptions are plenty in ancient Indian epics like Vedas, Upanishadas and Puranaas. The earliest reference to dreams is seen in Rg Veda (40006000B.C.) where waking dreams and nightmares are vividly described. All the oriental theories of “Swapna” are intertwined with strong threads of myths and philosophy.
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Hippocrates when considering dreams wrote that the soul receives inputs during day and produces images during night. Aristotle thought differently that dreams could be indicators of conditions within the body.
Why do we dream? Dreams are still elusive to human wisdom and are the most fascinating and mysterious part of human experience. Decades of research till date failed to unravel the intricate secrets of this divine blessing. Many theories have been proposed but failed to attract wider acceptance.
The psychoanalytic theory: Although many of the modern experts disagree with Freud and Jung, the proponents of the psychoanalytic theory, it remains popular among dream interpreters. When Sigmund Freud constructed the topographical model of the Psyche he placed the consciousness on the outermost surface and the unconscious is placed deep inside, below the preconscious mind. He considered dreams to be the royal road to unconscious where repressed memories, feelings and thoughts come through to awareness that conscious mind disapproves or refuses to accept. In short he believed that our dreams are a form of wish fulfillment, especially the repressed desires and wishes. But Jung’s view was a bit different; he believed that dreams are expressions of unresolved issues and conflicts and not just wish fulfillment.
Activation-synthesis theory: Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley argued in 1977 that during REM sleep many circuits and specific areas in our brain get spontaneously activated and the activation of limbic system involved in emotions, sensations and memories compel the brain to synthesize and interpret this internal activity. Dreams are thus subjective interpretation of these internal signals.
Information processing theory: According to information consolidation theory of sleep, during sleep multitude of information gathered during day time are processed and converted to long-term memory. It was suggested that during sleep the brain rehearses the things learned during day and dreams reflect the replay of memory.
Reverse learning theory: In 1983 Crick and Graeme put forward their view of comparing the brain to a computer organizing itself in a kind of “off-line” mode during sleep, somewhat like hard disc defragmenting. They argued that dreams are produced when the brain does this cleaning job of throwing out unnecessary memories during REM sleep stages. Though so many other research models of dream are presently available and debated, most psychologists agree that dreams can be grouped into at least five categories: ordinary dreams, lucid dreams, day dreams, false awakening dreams and nightmares. Ordinary dreams: These types of dreams often mirror real life experiences but fantasies are also depicted. They tend to have two types of meanings; a general meaning where the dream is unfolded as a symbolic story and an individual meaning specifically pertaining to the dreamer.
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you are awake. These types of dreams sometimes occur when children wet their beds; they dream that they are up and going into the washroom. When they wake up later they are surprised by what happened because they recall going to the washroom. Nightmares: are terrifying and deeply upsetting dreams that generate feelings of fear, horror or distress. They can be related to physiological causes such as high fever or pain or to psychological causes such as intense stress or trauma in the dreamer’s life. They often reflect frightening elements from one’s own imagination or those gathered through various types of exposures. Everybody has dreams; we love to chase our dreams even the distant ones; no entry tickets, no age limits, no time limits, you are free and alone to enjoy your own fantasy world. “I have a dream” Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed to civil right marchers at Lincoln Memorial, in Washington DC on August 28th 1963, though he didn’t live long to witness the Whitehouse threw open its gates to the first African American president on June 20th 2009.
Dreams Never Die... Morpheus is just outside, ready to wait on you…
Lucid dreams: otherwise known as conscious dreams in where the dreamer becomes aware that he or she is dreaming while the dream is in progress; at some point the waking mind gains control of the situation. Daydreams: They are actually visionary fantasy experienced while awake. It is the result of brain mulling over important but not imminent issues when it gets bored or uninterested in current situations and circumstances. False awakening dreams: They are different in a sense that you dream that
Dr. P. C. Jacob Medical & CME Director, Specialist Paediatrician, Ibin Sina Medical Centre
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COOKERY CLUB Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
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International Cookery Club In keeping with our theme of sharing delicious recipes from different countries, reflecting our truly international organization, we have a delicious sweet recipe for you, perfect for Eid, which is just around the corner! I hope that you get the chance to make and enjoy them. If you do, please don’t forget to provide us with your feedback and to share your own special culinary stories and delights with your colleagues here at AAH.
Nankhatai (Indian Shortbread Cookies)
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ankhatai are shortbread biscuits popular in India and Pakistan. The word Nan is derived from the Persian word Naan meaning bread and Khatai from an Afghan word meaning Biscuit. Here’s an easy recipe to make tasty Nankhatai in a jiffy! I have made these cookies a number of times and they always turn out great. So here you go…
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PREPARATION METHOD
• 3 cups self-rising flour
1. Preheat oven to 180C. 2. Cream the sugar and ghee until well mixed. 3. Add vanilla essence. 4. Sift the flour with the baking powder. 5. Add this to the sugar-ghee mixture. 6. Add the cardamom powder and salt and mix well. 7. Make a dough and divide into small balls. 8. Line them on a cookie sheet 10 cms apart. 9. Bake for 15-20 minutes at 180 C. 10. Allow to cool and store in airtight containers.
• 1 ½ cup powdered sugar (measure after powdering) • 1½ cup ghee • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence • 1 teaspoon baking powder • ¼ teaspoon salt or as per taste • ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
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s well as being a superb cook in the kitchen, Preema has also been blessed with an incredible talent for singing! Such is her gift, that Preema also judges at prestigious events such as the semifinal round of the prestigious Gulf Voice Of Mangalore Singing Competition in Muscat, 2014 and in Bahrain, 2016. Her accolades and awards are many and include the title of ‘Konkani Swar Mannik’ by the Mogachi Lahran Committee at their musical night in April 2012, Dubai, winner in the Mangalore Konkans’ Singing Competition at Jordanian Social Club, Dubai on 16 th May 2014, received the Best Female Singer Award at the GCC Level Desert Konkani Music Awards organized by Little Flowers Mukamar on 14 th November 2014 at India Club, Dubai and much, much more! Please take a moment to visit Preema’s blog to find recent videos of her songs plus, more delicious recipies. Preema D’Souza Business Coordinator, AAH Email: preema.d@angloarabian-healthcare.com
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FUN TIME Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
June - 2016
Sudoku
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udoku is one of the most popular puzzle games of all time. The goal of Sudoku is to fill a 9Ă—9 grid with numbers so that each row, column and 3Ă—3 section contain all of the digits between 1 and 9. As a logic puzzle, Sudoku is also an excellent brain game. If you play Sudoku daily, you will soon start to see improvements in your concentration and overall brain power. Try it now.
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FUN TIME Volume 1 | Issue 7 |
June - 2016
Riddlers Corner! Here is just a little bit of fun before the end of our Health Works Newsletter!
Winners of January 2016!
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f you think you know the answer to our riddles, just send it to the Editor and if your name is pulled out of the hat, you win a gift voucher! Easy! The winner will be announced in the next issue of Health Works. Good Luck!
We were thrilled with the number of responses to the riddles of the January Newsletter, however, we could only pick 3 winners. Keep sending in your riddle responses, you might be the lucky winner of a gift next time! Congratulations to: • Robinsmon Joseph MR Officer, Amina Hospital, Ajman
1. Paul’s height is six feet, he’s an assistant at a butcher’s shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?
• Joan Sarte, ASCPI, Medical Technologist, PHD, Abu Dhabi
2. There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it? 3. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
• Jeena Joy Insurance Co-Ordinator, Doctors Medical Centre, Sharjah
A little treat is on it’s way to you, Well done.
Editor’s Note
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ith so much going on across the AAH group with our exciting growth and expansion plans, it is very easy to get stuck in an endless cycle of meetings, deadlines and late nights. It’s also easy to forget that the person sitting H ams next to us may have hidden talents and interests. They may also be going through a ctor, AA Julie Ader & Marketing Dire d n tough time and are anxious or fearful. That’s why it’s always good to remain mindful ianCo-Fou ngloarab dams@a .a of your actions and your attitude and to extend a polite ‘how are you?’, a smile and lie u J il: Ema re.com even a compliment when it’s due. Kindness is a magnificent virtue and taking a few healthca minutes out of your day to genuinely show care and interest to those around us can really make someone’s day brighter. The Holy month of Ramadan reminds us to be mindful of others and to share, extending kindness, compassion and charity to those less fortunate. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this attitude was practiced every day, every month and every year? Perhaps the world would be a much better and safer place to live in… ‘No Act of Kindness, However Small, Is Ever Wasted’ - AESOP
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