Dubai and Abu Dhabi in particular offer some hospitals with excellent facilities, and a number of medical clinics with experienced expatriate doctors. Do note that, as in hairdressing salons, women are usually seen in separate setting by women doctors.

In Dubai, we have found Dubai London Clinic to offer a good mix of GPs, after-work hours at accessible locations, and specialists at each location one day per week. From Sharjah, the New Medical Center group offers clinics and hospitals across UAE

You may find the brand of prescription pharmaceuticals from your home country are not available, but almost always pharmacies have an equivalent brand or generic. The "BinSana" chain has pharmacies in many Dubai and Sharjah Districts.