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Healthcare
Main articles: Dubai Health Authority and List of hospitals in
Dubai
Healthcare in Dubai can be divided into two different sectors:
public and private. Each Emirate is able to dictate healthcare
standards according to their internal laws, although the standards
and regulations rarely have extreme differences. Public hospitals
in Dubai were first built in the late 1950s and continued to grow
with public health initiatives. In the 1980s to 1998, more than 20
medical clinics [50] were built within the Emirate. Dubai then
followed the WHO’s policy of ‘Healthcare for all by 2000’ and
continued to build
Dubai's Iranian Hospital
A new initiative of the Dubai Health Care Authority was launched in 2007. UAE nationals make up less than 20% of
the population in Dubai, as most of the population are from foreign origins. No laws forbid foreign nationals from
using the national and public healthcare systems.
Media
Main article: Dubai Media Incorporated
See also: List of media outlets in Dubai Media City and
Radio and television channels of Dubai
View of Etisalat Tower from Zabeel Park
Dubai has a well-established network, radio, t elevision
and electronic media which serve the city. Dubai is the
home of the Arabian Radio Network, which broadcasts
eight FM radio stations including the first talk radio
station in the Middle East, Dubai Eye 103.8. Dubai-based
FM radio stations such as Radio 1 and Radio 2 (104.1 and
99.3), Dubai92 (92.0), Al Khaleejia (100.9) and Hit FM
(96.7) provide programming in English, Arabic and South
Asian languages. Multiple international channels
available through cable, while satellite, radio and local
channels are provided via the Arabian Radio Network and
Dubai Media City
Dubai Media Incorporated systems. The UAE's most
popular English radio station, Channel 4 FM, took to the air in 1997 and became the UAE's first private commercial
radio station.