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US to establish military hospital in UAE

US to establish military hospital in UAE
The US would provide medical military personnel in support of a facility "very similar" to the one in Landstuhl

Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: A US military hospital will be established in the emirate of Abu Dhabi to treat Emirati soldiers and regionally based American troops, the director of the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency said. 

Lieutenant general Charles Hooper added that the US would provide medical military personnel in support of a facility “very similar” to the one in Landstuhl, Germany, the biggest American hospital outside the US, according to Arabian Business.

Upon completion, the facility “will provide much-needed emergency medical support to both Emirati forces and to regionally based US forces,” Hooper said on the sidelines of the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 2019).

Hooper pointed out that the project, funded by the UAE, is still in its “preliminary stages”.

IDEX is the only international defence exhibition and conference in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region displaying the latest technology across land, sea and air sectors of defence.

It is running from 17 February to 21 February at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE.

During the event, up to 1,100  of local and international defence manufacturers and contractors will fill over 35,000 square metres of exhibition space running through the 12 exhibition halls, the concourse and the atrium.