{"id":6017,"date":"2017-05-31T12:14:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T12:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=6017"},"modified":"2017-05-31T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T12:14:06","slug":"a-dubai-resident-receives-the-regions-first-ever-fully-3d-printed-prosthetic-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/a-dubai-resident-receives-the-regions-first-ever-fully-3d-printed-prosthetic-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dubai resident receives the region&#8217;s first ever fully 3D printed prosthetic leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under the patronage of Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and in partnership with Arab Health, a unique international collaboration sees fruition this Ramadan as a Dubai resident receives the region\u2019s first ever fully 3D printed prosthetic leg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6018\" alt=\"3d\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3d.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3d.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/3d-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His Excellency Humaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board and Director-General of the DHA, said: \u201c In line with the vision His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the DHA has prioritised fostering the development of future technologies such as 3D printing in healthcare. Our 3D printing strategy is in line with UAE\u2019s 3D Printing Strategy. We are keen to bring in the latest technology in medicine to further bolster patient-centric care and improve the lives of our patients to the best extent possible. We consider the private sector to be our partner in our endeavours to further strengthen and develop the health sector of Dubai and such collaborative efforts go a long way in bringing modern excellence to the health sector in the Emirate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mohammad Al Redha, the Director of the Executive Office for Organisational Transformation at DHA. \u201cProjects like this help us pave the way towards a more integrated and sustainable healthcare system \u2013 this is a truly unique collaboration that allows us to see the most modern technology emerge and become a reality. This is a learning curve for everyone engaged and part of the foundation of future 3D printing research and development work in the UAE. This initiative is part of the 3D Khair initiative in line with the Year of Giving 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the patronage of Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and in partnership with Arab Health, a unique international collaboration sees fruition this Ramadan as a Dubai resident receives the region\u2019s first ever fully 3D printed prosthetic leg. His Excellency Humaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board and Director-General of the DHA, said: \u201c In line with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6019,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6017\/revisions\/6019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}