Health cards issued to more than 130,000 UAE blue-collar workers

The cards are issued annually after the workers undergo blood tests and X-rays to ensure they are fit to work.

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Health cards have been issued to 132,166 blue collar workers who successfully passed their medical fitness assessments in the first six months of this year.

The cards are issued annually after the workers undergo blood tests and X-rays to ensure they are fit to work.

Zohoor Hussain Al Sabbagh, the director of the Public Health Services Department at Dubai Municipality, said the department planned to open a branch in Al Warsan to speed up the issuing of health cards.

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