Abu Dhabi: The new-look UAE ID card will feature the health data of residents, and also willingness to donate organs, according to Khaleej Times.
The Ministry of Health and Prevention launched the initiative in co-ordination with the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (FAIC) during the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress.
Dubbed 'Smart Health Card', it will include medical data of all residents that can be accessed by doctors across the GCC.
It will initially be implemented in the ministry's hospitals and primary healthcare centres.
The card will feature a smart chip that will have data about five aspects: Allergies, blood type, diagnosis, chronic disease and organ donation.
It will allow doctors to read the card holder's medical records in emergency cases, but they won't be able to add data.
Information Technology department director Mabarakah Mubarak Ibrahim said an app makes it easy to donate organs.
Residents can now register online as organ donors through the Hayat app that was launched by the ministry.
The app will also be linked to the Emirates ID or Smart Health Card where donors will be shown as registered.
In the past three days since the launch of Hayat, 26 people have shown interest, 23 have registered, and six have completed their registration (which includes nominating their next of kin), bringing the total number of donors to 55.
The app also shows the emirate where the registered donor resides. Of those who showed interest, two were from Sharjah, five were from Dubai, and three from Abu Dhabi.