For years, residents in the Northern Emirates had to travel long distances to access health services. A new ministry announcement states that several new hospitals and health centers will soon open in the Northern Emirates to provide quicker access to services. However, some question whether the ministry can hire enough staff to operate the new facilities given the existing shortage of medical professionals in the area.

1. Health services improve with new hospitals set to open Student Name: Aisha Alkharkhoor Teacher Name: Nathan Section :BF4

3. Summary This article is about health services improve with new hospitals set to open. For years, people who live in the Northern Emirates have travelled great distances from their homes to get medical services, from heart check-ups to giving birth. The FNC last year criticized the Ministry of Health for a shortage of medical services and inadequate health facilities in the area. To the residents' delight, the ministry has announced that several new hospitals and healthcare centers will open soon in the Northern Emirates and provide much quicker access to doctors, nurses and technicians. Also, the emirate of Umm al Qaiwain in particular has experienced an acute shortage of medical services. Until last month, expectant mothers were being transferred to hospitals in other neighboring emirates for deliveries. The only available hospital had no working gynecologist for several weeks. Hospital officials said they had increased the number of gynecologists on staff to nine. However, as the Ministry of Health makes concerted efforts to boost the number of healthcare facilities in the Northern Emirates, some healthcare professionals are questioning how the ministry intends to employ the workforce needed to staff those facilities."Masafi Hospital has been ready for quite some time now, but it has still not opened. The biggest problem is the medical workforce that needs to be hired and the question is, can the Ministry of Health hire the staff required to open all those hospitals?" asked Dr Sultan al Muezzin, the head of the FNC's committee on health, labour and social affairs.

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5. 1)What is this about the article? a) Hospital b)University c)School

6. 2)What is the emirate, which has seen an acute shortage of medical services? b) Umm al Qaiwain a) RAK c) Sharjah

7. 3)What is the name the doctor who in the Khalifa Hospital in Ajman? a)Khadija Ghulam b) Mohammed Ali c)Majid Sultan

8. 4)What is the reason why the part of the hospital closes? b) Wars a) Poverty c)Rain

9. 5) That those responsible for the management of hospitals are the Ministry of Health? b) False a) True

10. Answers 3) b 1) a 2) b 4) c 5) a

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