What current trends do you see specifically in the UAE healthcare industry and what do you see as the growth areas going forward?

The UAE healthcare sector is growing rapidly, to meet the requirements of the increasing population and towards achieving the goals as envisioned in the UAE Vision 2021. It’s a challenge for us, as one of the healthcare providers, to sustain the needs of the people with the best medical equipment and service at a very reasonable price. Also, the needs of our customers in this field is changing; so we need to provide not only the equipment but also related services including sharing best practices and experiences in other parts of the world. As a Japanese company, together with Japanese government, we are looking for an opportunity to export Japanese style medical system to the UAE healthcare industry.

What, according to you, are the main ideas/strategies that will transform the healthcare industry of the future?

IT including AI (artificial intelligence) which will help dramatically the workflow of the current healthcare sector in terms of efficiency in the hospital or clinical management.

How important is innovation in healthcare? What are the technological, medical and strategic innovations that your company brings to the healthcare arena?

As I mentioned earlier, innovation is currently driving the healthcare industry forward. In terms of technological developments, IT plays a very important role in the healthcare arena and FUJIFILM has been consistently investing in the IT field, including the promising AI (artificial intelligence) sector.

What is your plan for Arab Health 2018? What products or technology will you be showcasing? What is unique or new about your product or service?

Please come to our booth where we can show more than you could expect. We will showcase our new capital equipment as well as our total solutions for IT systems, including AI.

As a company closely associated with Arab Health for the past several years, how would you evaluate the impact of the event on the healthcare industry in the MENA region? How has Arab Health aided your company’s yearly strategy in developing business opportunities in this growing region?

We consider the annual Arab Health Exhibition & Congress to be the most important in this region. Since the event has a great impact on the healthcare industry of this region and beyond, we have always felt the need to exhibit our latest products and services here in order to show our commitment to the healthcare field in the region.

Exhibiting at Arab Health for us is mainly, as I mentioned earlier, a way of showing our commitment to the healthcare field in this region. It is this commitment that has enabled healthcare professionals in the region to trust FUJIFILM as one of the most reliable healthcare providers.

What, according to you, are the real benefits and opportunities available to healthcare and trade professionals that attend Arab Health?

Arab Health is one of the largest gathering of healthcare and trade professionals in this region. Exhibiting at the event is therefore a great way to understand the pulse and dynamics of this field and this region.

Any other information that you may like to add?

At FUJIFILM, we demand more of ourselves to give our customers more than they would ever expect. It is our great honor to attend Arab Health 2018 to reinforce our commitment to the healthcare field and the region. We look forward to seeing you at Arab Health 2018.

Any other information that you may like to add:

Healthcare industry all over the world is booming as never seen before. But what accounts for this is the rampant unhealthy lifestyle. In my perspective, mushrooming of healthcare facilities indicates an inauspicious condition.The actual growth of healthcare industry must never be understood in terms of multiplying healthcare institutions. Rather, it has to be on the basis of increasing awareness on the ways to enhance healthy lifestyle practices and thus to check ill-health to the best possible level. No doubt, the motto of modern healthcare industries in the world needs to be more efficacious along the lines of this notion.