Conrad Hotel on the first night, as well as local healthcare leaders from the UAE. The main topic of conversation was digital health, telemedicine and the rapid deployment of new technologies within the sector. And indeed, the effect of the pandemic was clearly evident in the amount of innovation on display at Arab Health. From robotics to the metaverse, digital hospitals to AI diagnosis, there has been a huge leap forward in the way the healthcare sector has embraced the future. The event showcased healthtech solutions such as medical drones and cloud technology, mobile temperature machines and even robots to guide patients, entertain them and enhance their overall hospital experience. The power of AI and the Metaverse
Return to Arab Health The return of the conference at the Dubai World Trade Centre was a huge success, says HW Editor Sarah Cartledge
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ore than 56,000 delegates and exhibitors from across 60 countries arrived in Dubai in late January for Arab Health 2022, which last year was held virtually. Although visitors had to undergo COVID screening to enter the emirate, it didn’t seem to affect the amount of people who were determined to meet once again face to face. Suffering from Zoom and Teams fatigue, delegates enjoyed every opportunity to chat over coffee and lunch at the Dubai World Trade Centre to see how the healthcare sector has moved on apace. Healthcare World took its largest ever delegation to this year’s event, including companies such as Nexus, AdviseInc, Methods Analytics, Health Care First 6
Partnership and ACS. We were joined by Mott Macdonald, Dell, Iqvia, Al Tamimi and Huma who, among others, kindly sponsored our networking drinks at the
Global clinicians made ‘exhibition history’ by attending a lecture in the Metaverse with the launch of The Metaversity. “In the future, maybe we will see benefits such as remote collaboration with patients and dissemination of information among clinicians at different centres,” said Professor Shafi Ahmed, multi awardwinning cancer surgeon at the Royal London Hospital and Chief Medical Officer of Medical Realities. “Virtual reality and augmented reality are already making a difference in patients’ lives, and Metaverse allows us to take this to the next level.” AI Body demonstrated its Digital Human Organism capable of producing true to life responses and simulations. Built up from the sub-cellular level, this unique approach makes it possible for all interrelated biophysical, physiological and biochemical processes to occur concurrently in a simulation, in real-time. By simulating virtually any condition, treatment options can be examined and deployed, supporting clinical decisions. It is also widely used in medical schools as a training method.
