Mubadala, UEmedical sign deal on referral lab services

Abu Dhabi / WAM

National Reference Laboratory (NRL), part of Mubadala’s network of world-class healthcare providers, on Tuesday announced that it has signed a Laboratory Referral Services Agreement with United Eastern Medical Services (UEmedical) Group, one of Abu Dhabi’s leading private healthcare operators.
NRL will become the exclusive provider of referral laboratory testing to all facilities of the UEmedical healthcare network in the UAE, including its flagship hospital Danat Al Emarat for Women & Children, HealthPlus Network of Specialty Centers, HealthPlus Fertility Centers and Moorfields Eye Hospital Abu Dhabi. Patients of UEmedical network will benefit from NRL’s high-quality standards, specialised logistics solutions and comprehensive menu of more than 4,700 tests, one of the largest test menus globally thanks to NRL’s partnership with LabCorp, the world’s leading diagnostics company.
Abdulla Abdul Aziz Al Shamsi, Head of Mubadala Healthcare, said: “Mubadala has built a network of world-class healthcare providers and we are continuously looking for opportunities to partner with private healthcare providers. This partnership allows us to deliver better results and outcomes for the patients, to provide unified laboratory services across
all healthcare facilities of UEmedical, and, ultimately, to have a positive impact on the healthcare sector across the country and the region.”
Commenting on the collaboration, Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa Al Hammadi, CEO & Managing Director of UEmedical, said: “As one of the emirate’s leading healthcare providers, our partnership NRL, one of the most experienced providers of laboratory solutions in the region, will complement our group laboratory department with additional services and improved deliverables. NRL’s expertise will be very well received by our network of physicians and patients, who are eager to gain access to best-in-class laboratory referral services. This collaboration will help us make another significant stride towards achieving our goals to provide the highest levels of care to the residents of the UAE and support the nation’s healthcare transition to innovative, patient-centric services.”
Patient samples from all of UEmedical’s facilities across the UAE will now be exclusively handled by NRL and tested either in-country by NRL or by LabCorp in the USA.
Abdul Hamid Oubeisi, Chief Executive Officer of NRL, added: “We are very pleased that UEMedical has agreed to partner exclusively with NRL for laboratory referral services.
This new ties further demonstrates the trust that healthcare providers place in our services and quality.”