42 – The Award of Dubai Government Excellence Programme – Distinguished Female Employee Category – 2003

Ms. Zohoor Al Sabbagh of the Public Health Department has won this award in recognition of her constructive role in establishing a mobile clinic which facilitates medical fitness tests for expatriate employees. She has also introduced a digital x-ray unit in the DM clinic which is now aiming to become a filmless x-ray unit. The e-Clinic concept, initiated by Ms. Zohoor, linking the DM clinic with thd Dubai Naturalisation and Residency Department, has done away with most paper works and reduced customers’ number of visits to the clinic. Palm-tops were introduced for carrying out inspections in health establishments. As Head of the Clinic and Community Health Section, she also introduced several new medical check-ups that resulted in containing communicable diseases.