(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) For the second year in a row, the Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, in Dubai has launched a mobile clinic to combat smoking and raise health awareness among employees, urging them to quit smoking.
The move stems from RTA's keenness on maintaining employees' health awareness in cooperation with the Ministry of Health Preventive Medicine Department in Dubai, and the General HQ of Dubai Police General Department of Organisations Protective Security and Emergency.
Mansour Rahama Al Falasi, Director of Administrative Services at the RTA, said, "The RTA is always keen on supporting all endeavours aimed at improving the public health of its employees and their daily performance and productivity, which will accordingly make effective contribution to the development drive in place."
The RTA's employees hailing from various sectors visited the mobile clinic at the Head Office of the RTA at Umm Al Romool, where they were subjected to medical tests including blood pressure,and the percentage of nicotine and tar in the blood of smokers using advanced technical systems.
The Administrative Services Department distributed brochures to participants and cautioned them against the risks of smoking, offering them tips about how to quit this negative habit.
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