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Deira vs. Al Safa

Matched Workforce Records · Dubai

Zavis has matched 3,407 licensed professionals at 223 facilities to Deira, and 1,703 at 88 facilities to Al Safa, 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

1,703

Matched to Al Safa

223

Deira matched facilities

88

Al Safa matched facilities

Matched Records Side by Side

FigureDeiraAl Safa
Matched professionals3,4071,703
Matched facilities22388
Full-time licence (FTL) share of matched100%100%

Matched Professionals by Category

Deira

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

Al Safa

Physicians & Doctors423
Dentists143
Nurses & Midwives678
Allied Health Professionals459

Most Common Specialties Among the Matched Records

Deira

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

Al Safa

Registered Nurse588
General Practitioner101
General Dentist100
Assistant Nurse86
Physiotherapist78
Pharmacist73
Aesthetician & Beauty Therapist47
Medical Laboratory Technologist37

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.