Participants in the awareness day included elderly patients who are treated at UDHS through the SSSD oral health program. The event included several awareness lectures delivered by Dr. Hissa Alshamsi, Clinical Tutor, CDM, the lecture entitled “Oral and Dental Health in the Elderly". Followed by a lecture given by Dr. Hadia Radwan, Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences. An interactive contest on UAE culture and heritage was also organized by Dr. Mariam Obaid Al Kaabi, Clinical Tutor, CDM.
The cooperation between (UDHS) and (SSSD), is the result of an MOU signed between the two parties, and witnessed by His Highness, Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah and President of the UOS, during which the two parties agreed to cooperate on improving and developing services related to oral health care of the elderly Emirati’s living in the Emirate of Sharjah.
It is noteworthy that the UDHS at UOS recently received “Age-Friendly Institutions” title from the Sharjah Age-Friendly Office of the Sharjah Social Services Department, as it fulfilled all the Award’s criteria and requirements.
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