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Etihad becomes onsite medical facility for staff visa applications
(MENAFN- Arab News) Etihad Airways the national airline of the UAE will become the first company in Abu Dhabi with an onsite medical facility to support the visa application process for thousands of employees and their dependents in the UAE.
An agreement was signed with Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS) SEHA to operate the facility and provide visa medical services such as xrays blood tests and physical examinations for approximately 45000 Etihad Airways employees and 7000 dependents by 2018. The facility located at Etihad Plaza in Khalifa City Abu Dhabi will open in August 2015.
Dr. Nadia Bastaki VP medical services at Etihad Airways said: 'Etihad Airways and its subsidiaries are expected to have more than 30000 employees based in the UAE by 2018. As one of the country's largest employers we pride ourselves on offering bestinclass services to our fastgrowing work force of Emiratis and expatriates.
'This onsite visa medical center will reinforce Etihad Airways as an employer of choice allowing new employees and those renewing visas in the UAE to undertake their mandatory medical examination in a modern comfortable and exclusive environment at our head office complex while minimizing the time taken away from work.
It will form a vital component in our health and wellbeing offering and we are delighted to work with SEHA on this project' Dr. Bastaki added.
Dr. Mariam Buti AlMazreoui acting CEO at AHSSEHA said: 'We are committed to ensuring that our partners have easy and convenient access to our services especially when it comes to services that are high in demand such as the visa medical services.'
The facility is the latest addition to the airline's extensive range of health and wellbeing services for employees based in the UAE capital and follows the introduction last year of a staff ambulance service and travel clinic.
An agreement was signed with Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS) SEHA to operate the facility and provide visa medical services such as xrays blood tests and physical examinations for approximately 45000 Etihad Airways employees and 7000 dependents by 2018. The facility located at Etihad Plaza in Khalifa City Abu Dhabi will open in August 2015.
Dr. Nadia Bastaki VP medical services at Etihad Airways said: 'Etihad Airways and its subsidiaries are expected to have more than 30000 employees based in the UAE by 2018. As one of the country's largest employers we pride ourselves on offering bestinclass services to our fastgrowing work force of Emiratis and expatriates.
'This onsite visa medical center will reinforce Etihad Airways as an employer of choice allowing new employees and those renewing visas in the UAE to undertake their mandatory medical examination in a modern comfortable and exclusive environment at our head office complex while minimizing the time taken away from work.
It will form a vital component in our health and wellbeing offering and we are delighted to work with SEHA on this project' Dr. Bastaki added.
Dr. Mariam Buti AlMazreoui acting CEO at AHSSEHA said: 'We are committed to ensuring that our partners have easy and convenient access to our services especially when it comes to services that are high in demand such as the visa medical services.'
The facility is the latest addition to the airline's extensive range of health and wellbeing services for employees based in the UAE capital and follows the introduction last year of a staff ambulance service and travel clinic.
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