Princess Haya Calls for More Medical Research

The wife of the ruler of Dubai, Princess Haya, called for more investment into medical research during a conference in Egypt on Friday.

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“The progress that we have seen in the last 25 years in pediatric cardiology could not have happened without adequate funding,” the Princess said. “Many efforts have been made, but much more needs to be done as we acquire more experience and develop better relationships with international groups to spread the benefits of medical research as widely as possible.”

Haya serves as an honorary president of the Chain of Hope, which is part of the Aswan Heart Center in Egypt, where yesterday’s conference took place.

In honor of Haya’s efforts to draw more attention to pediatric health in the Mideast region, the Center will name its pediatric unit, which is to open in 2011, after the Princess’s daughter, Sheikha Al Jalila.

Al Jalila, who will be 3 this year, already has a housing unit for pediatric cardiology patients in South Africa named after her, plus an Al Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital in the United Arab Emirates.