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Payment

In order to carry out the mission of Sharjah Corniche Hospital to provide qualityhealthcare services to persons in need, the hospital depends upon your prompt payment to meet its financial obligations.

Your Hospital bill includes basic daily fees including your Consultations, Room, Meals(on request), House staff services, General nursing care, basic medical supplies and procedures such as routine X-rays and Laboratory tests

Method of Payment

The hospital accepts cash or certified checks for payment of hospital bills as well as credit cards like American Express, Visa and MasterCard up to your approved credit line.

The Hospital is surrounded by many restaurants and cafeterias like (Moulin d’ Or, KFC, Dunkin Dougnuts, Mc Donalds, Hardeeys, Al Afran etc).The menu cards will be available with the receptionists or with the Nursing staff.

The Hospital is located next to the Mashreq Bank in Al Buhairah Corniche therefore automatic teller machines (ATMs) are available 24 hours on the Ground Floor of the bank, a minute’s walking distance from the Hospital. In addition to that there are many ATM’s located on the same street.

Huge Parking areas are available adjoining (right, left and behind) the Hospital. Patients and family members are advised to park their vehicles so as not to cause any inconvenience to  other vehicles. Parking of the Vehicle is the responsibility of the owner and the Hospital doesn’t take any liability for any damages or fines imposed for violating the laws.

Sharjah Corniche Hospital  is a no smoking facility. Smoking is prohibited by staff, patients and visitors in all areas of the hospital.

Sharjah CornicheHospital practices standard precautions for the safety of patients by minimizing risk of infection. All healthcare workers are required to wash their hands before coming in contact with patients and to wear gloves when they are in contact with a patient's blood or body fluids, such as when drawing blood or changing a dressing. If necessary, staff members also wear masks, gowns and other protective items while performing certain procedures. Please ask your physician or nurse if you have any questions about these and other safety precautions

Meals will be provided on request only for the Patient.

Sharjah Corniche Hospital offers two types of suites: semi-private suite (three beds) and private suite. Bed assignments are based upon availability.However; we will do everything possible to arrange your requested accommodation during your stay. All Private Rooms are provided with a Television,Wireless Internet Connection and a Telephone for the Patients.

Your hospital bed is equipped with controls to regulate its height and to raise and lower the head and feet positions. Because your medical condition can affect your balance and mobility, side rails may be temporarily placed in the "up" position.

A nurse call button is located at your bedside. Simply push this button when you need assistance and a member of your nursing team will come to your room.

If you are scheduled for a procedure on the same day as your admission - known as "same-day admission" - please call the hospital between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m.or between 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm one business day before admission to find out when and where you should report at the hospital.

At the time of admission, you will be asked to sign a general consent form in which you give permission to allow the hospital staff to perform examinations or non-invasive tests and procedures. You have the right to consent to or refuse treatment on your own Behalf.

For Company Patients: For the employees of Companies who have a tie up with the Hospital the Employees will have to carry their Employee id and produce the referral letter from the Company. The detailed Bills will be provided to the Employee in Seven working days (Incase the Employee will pay and later claim from their Company later) or the Bills will be sent directly to the Company at the end of the month.

For Insurance Patients: The hospital's staff may contact you before your admission to obtain necessary information such as current insurance subscriber name, policy number, expiry date of plan, policy number and company name. The staff may also notify you about any of the estimated charges for which you are responsible.

You will be informed of any payment to cover costs as co-payments, deductibles or the extra fee for meals etc.

The amount of your payment will depend upon the type of health insurance you have. It is also imperative that you bring your insurance cards or any other medical insurance papers with you when you are admitted.

For Self-paying patients will be asked for a deposit as an advance to the estimated charges of the procedures and diagnoses.

We recommend that you bring very few personal items with you to the hospital.

All that you will really need are:

Pajamas or a nightgown, slippers and Toiletry articles and a substantial amount of cash to pay any out-of-pocket expenses such as co-payments and deductibles.

The hospital cannot guarantee the safety of your valuables, such as jewelry etc.Please do not get unnecessary items like music players etc that disturb the peace and tranquility of the hospital.

The Patient/Representative initialize the preadmission process by filling out and then returning the registration form provided to you at the reception.

The Registration form will consists of the Name, Address, Telephone number, Gender and age. You will also be asked to provide information on your type of insurance coverage if any. It is very important that you provide accurate insurance information as this will enable us to verify your coverage and benefits.

In the case of Employee’s of Companies who have a tie up with the Hospital, the Patients will have to carry the Employee id and the referral letter from the Company. All the information provided at the reception will be kept strictly confidential.