April 26, 2016

Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, today announced it has contributed AED 550,000 from its charity fund to the UAE’s Ministry of Health to purchase new medical equipment for the Al Muhaisnah Medical Centre.

Awatif Al Harmoodi, General Manager, Operational Quality & Processes, at Emirates Islamic presented the cheque to Mr. Nasser Khalifa Al Budoor, Assistant Under Secretary and Dr. Abdulaziz Alzarooni, Deputy Director Dubai Medical District at the Ministry of Health.

“Emirates Islamic is proud to support initiatives that better the lives of people in the UAE,” said Awatif Al Harmoodi. “The Ministry of Health does tremendous work to continuously improve the quality of health services available in the UAE and Emirates Islamic, through the bank’s charity fund, is pleased to play our part in supporting these invaluable efforts. This contribution reflects Emirates Islamic’s ongoing commitment towards supporting the UAE community, and in particular towards developing the UAE healthcare industry in collaboration with government hospitals.”

This contribution follows similar initiatives by Emirates Islamic to healthcare institutions in the UAE in recent years, and is in keeping with the bank’s objective to support charitable causes via a dedicated charity fund.