UAE calls on foreign doctors to learn Arabic

The United Arab Emirates UAE ministry of health has called on foreign doctors who work in the private sector to learn Arabic so as to facilitate the process of maintaining understanding with their patients.

The director of the medical vacation department at the UAE ministry of health Ibrahim al-Qadi said that the idea " of encouraging doctors to learn Arabic, is debated since a very long time in order to facilitate dealing with patients and to prevent the occurrence of any mistake because of the misuse of language.

He added that foreign doctors in the UAE might be obliged to learn Arabic in order to be able to work in the UAE.