To mark the World Arthritis Day 2018, Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Dubai ( BHAS ) is hosting its #ArthritisNoM ore campaign at the hospital and invites its post joint replacement patients to witness a short program featuring arthritis, joint replacement and how lives were restored in order to raise awareness of musculoskeletal diseases and encourage physical activity among people in the community.
In its continuous efforts to inspire and educate, the hospital also invites its guest patients to visit its in-patients & physiotherapy patients to offer encourage-ment and support. Physiotherapy exercise demos are to be conducted for patients on how to effectively follow an exercise routine followed by lunch and games.
All month of October, BHAS will also provide its visitors with complimentary bone density and Vitamin D tests as well as foot and ankle consultation by Dr. KP Meda, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Specialized in Foot and Ankle surgery. Additionally, for Rashid Centre for Disabled, Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Dubai (BHAS) will provide free orthopaedic checkups for all cerebral palsy patients in order to guide parents on the medical therapy options they can seek in order to further treat their child.
“To commemorate World Arthritis day and bone health this month of October, we are celebrating people who suffered, endured and conquered their diseases in spite of everything and moved forward positively. Orthopaedics has given them great hope and granted them the ability to practice their normal lives again. At Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Dubai (BHAS) we believe that life goes on and hope is always there.” said Dr. Samih Tarabichi, Director General – Burjeel Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Dubai (BHAS).
With arthritis affecting millions of people worldwide and one in five people in the UAE, it is imperative that preventative measures are taken to improve the quality of life for people with the musculoskeletal disease. Numbers from the Gulf region suggest that the prevalence is 20 per cent of the population, according to MEAF. Moreover, the number of people aged over 50 years is expected to double by 2020 and the burden of musculoskeletal diseases is also expected to rise. These conditions are a leading cause of absence from work, and account for 20 per cent of health utilization costs.
The chronic disease does not only occur in the elderly, children and teenagers are also susceptible, with the most severe forms occurring mostly in younger people, and the average age of onset between 40 and 60 years. It is most common among women and occurs more frequently as people get older.
