Healthcare Workforce Matched to Deira
3,407 Licensed Professionals · 223 Matched Facilities
Zavis has matched 223 facilities to Deira by their addresses, with 3,407 licensed professionals between them. Areas come from the address on each facility's Zavis directory listing. 3,021 of Dubai's 5,505 facilities have an address that names one of these areas; the rest are in other communities or have no usable address, so this is not the full workforce of Deira.
3,407
Matched professionals
223
Matched facilities
100%
Full-time licence (FTL)
Category Breakdown
Physicians & Doctors
654
19.2% of matched professionals
Dentists
208
6.1% of matched professionals
Nurses & Midwives
1,629
47.8% of matched professionals
Allied Health Professionals
916
26.9% of matched professionals
License Distribution
Professionals are placed in an area by the facility that holds their licence. Registered Only (REG) records on Dubai's medical register name no facility, because the professional is not currently licensed at one, so they are not counted in any area.
FTL (Full-time licence)
3,404
100% of matched professionals
Part-time or trainee licence (PTL, TRL)
3
0% of matched professionals
Most Common Specialties Among the Matched Professionals
| Specialty | Count | % of Matched | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurse | 1,345 | 39.5% |
| 2 | Pharmacist | 309 | 9.1% |
| 3 | Assistant Nurse | 274 | 8.0% |
| 4 | General Practitioner | 167 | 4.9% |
| 5 | General Dentist | 151 | 4.4% |
| 6 | Physiotherapist | 82 | 2.4% |
| 7 | Optometrist | 73 | 2.1% |
| 8 | Medical Laboratory Technologist | 64 | 1.9% |
| 9 | Internal Medicine | 54 | 1.6% |
| 10 | Radiography Technologist | 51 | 1.5% |
| 11 | Medical Laboratory Technician | 45 | 1.3% |
| 12 | Anesthesiology | 42 | 1.2% |
| 13 | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 40 | 1.2% |
| 14 | Orthodontics | 37 | 1.1% |
| 15 | Ophthalmology | 25 | 0.7% |
Largest Matched Facilities
Explore by Category
Physicians & Doctors
654 professionals
Dentists
208 professionals
Nurses & Midwives
1,629 professionals
Allied Health Professionals
916 professionals
Source: the public register of licensed medical professionals kept by the Dubai health regulator, read 2026-04-03. See data sources. This page is for informational purposes only. Verify credentials with the Dubai health regulator.