Information Exchange System for Seizures

United Arab Emirates launches a new system to exchange information about seizures, say officials.

This step is aimed at protecting society and building a database that contributes to taking right decisions and procedures against inappropriate customs practices.

Convulsions / Seizures / Fits - Symptom Evaluation
Seizure or a convulsion is a result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. If there are two or more unprovoked seizures at an interval of at least 24 hours, it is referred to as epilepsy.

Khalid Ali Al Bustani, acting director-general of the FCA said that exchanging information about seizures was one of the basic instruments directed to attain the strategic goals of the Federal government and the FCA which is namely to protect the security of society and facilitating trade and cooperation with the outside world.

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