Clinic setup in Dubai and the UAE

Clinic setup in Dubai follows one sequence: a trade licence with the correct healthcare activity, DHA initial approval through the Sheryan portal, premises whose layout passes authority review, a licensed medical director and individually credentialed clinicians, then fit out and the facility inspection. We run the whole sequence as one engagement and hand the clinic over ready for the first patient.

No. Ownership and clinical accountability are separate. You can own the clinic as an investor while a licensed medical director carries clinical responsibility. Foreign investors can own 100 percent of most healthcare activities.

The location decides the regulator. Mainland Dubai is the Dubai Health Authority, Dubai Healthcare City and similar free zones have their own regulator, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates sit with MOHAP, and Abu Dhabi is the Department of Health. That is why the location is settled before anything is filed.

A physical clinic moves at the pace of its premises: layout review, fit out and inspection set the timeline. That is why many founders launch in two phases, a telehealth first operation that typically goes live in approximately 45 days, then the physical clinic once the business is trading.

Everything between the idea and the first patient: company formation, DHA licensing, premises and layout approval, the clinical team and credentialing, systems and NABIDH records, operating policies and operational handover. One partner, one accountable engagement.

Yes. A DHA telemedicine or home care licence follows the same logic without a physical clinic on the critical path, and we build those operations end to end as well.