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Deira vs. Al Garhoud

Matched Workforce Records · Dubai

Zavis has matched 3,407 licensed professionals at 223 facilities to Deira, and 2,948 at 87 facilities to Al Garhoud, by facility address. 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 the two figures show what was matched, not which area has the larger workforce. Data sourced from the public register of licensed professionals kept by the Dubai health regulator.

3,407

Matched to Deira

2,948

Matched to Al Garhoud

223

Deira matched facilities

87

Al Garhoud matched facilities

Matched Records Side by Side

FigureDeiraAl Garhoud
Matched professionals3,4072,948
Matched facilities22387
Full-time licence (FTL) share of matched100%100%

Matched Professionals by Category

Deira

Physicians & Doctors654
Dentists208
Nurses & Midwives1,629
Allied Health Professionals916

Al Garhoud

Physicians & Doctors705
Dentists117
Nurses & Midwives1,438
Allied Health Professionals688

Most Common Specialties Among the Matched Records

Deira

Registered Nurse1,345
Pharmacist309
Assistant Nurse274
General Practitioner167
General Dentist151
Physiotherapist82
Optometrist73
Medical Laboratory Technologist64

Al Garhoud

Registered Nurse1,201
Assistant Nurse213
General Practitioner178
Pharmacist101
Physiotherapist93
General Dentist71
Medical Laboratory Technologist57
Radiography Technologist55

Largest Matched Facilities

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.