class health care since its inception, implementing major programmes for combating chronic and communicable diseases and for the provision of maternity and child care. Specialized centers for open-heart surgery, organ transplants and cancer treatment have also been established. In 2011 alone, AED 36 billion was spent by the Ministry of Health, The Health Authority - Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Health Care Authority, with heavy investment also going into the private sector. The UAE now has 92 hospitals and nearly 250 primary health care centers, as well as numerous polyclinics and smaller clinics. In 2012 and 2013, four new government hospitals will open in Ajman, Ra's al-Khaimah, Fujairah and Umm al-Qaiwain, as part of Ministry of Health plans, announced in 2011, to upgrade the sector which will cost AED 3.5 billion. 14 of these have now been completed. --MORE
