Etihad Airways Medical Centre hosts aviation health conference
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The Etihad Airways Medical Centre has hosted the 4th annual Aviation Health Conference in Abu Dhabi.
The event, which took place from 3 to 4 September under the theme ‘Ophthalmology and Colour Vision in Aviation’, welcomed more than 120 medical professionals as well as international medical experts.
The conference was held under the patronage of the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Aeromedical Section in partnership with Etihad Airways and Moorfields Eye Hospital Centre Abu Dhabi.
In opening the conference, Dr Nadia Bastaki, Etihad Airways vice president medical services and senior aviation medical examiner, who is the first Emirati woman to be registered as a specialist in aviation medicine, highlighted the importance of collaboration within the industry.
“Etihad Airways Medical Centre organises annual aviation health conferences to encourage collaboration among aviation medicine practitioners and health industry stakeholders both in the region and internationally,” she said.
“The ongoing education, sharing of medical experience and latest intervention work towards standardising medical practice and encouraging aviation safety by enhancing aircrew health is of paramount importance, especially as we explore the latest advances in the aviation field.”
The Etihad Airways Medical Centre is a state-of-the art facility, which is staffed by 13 physicians and 15 nurses offering a full range of services including: General Medicine, Aviation Medicine, Travel Health, Occupational Health, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Services, Internal Medicine, Dental Services, Physiotherapy, Laboratory and Radiology, 24-hour Ambulance Service and National Service medical checkups for the airline’s staff.
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