14 illnesses that lead to medical retirement due to inability to work

The General Pensions and Social Security Authority published a list of 14 types of conditions and diseases that may be presented to the Medical Retirement Committee to prove a state of inability to work, most notably “cancer, heart disease, blood disease, kidney failure, memory loss (Alzheimer’s), stroke.” In addition to other diseases subject to the committee’s evaluation, it may seek the opinions of consultant doctors regarding the cases presented to it, provided that the doctor’s decision is not binding on the committee to prove the insured person’s incapacity or health unfitness to work.

In detail, the General Pensions and Social Security Authority reported that the Medical Retirement Committee is a medical committee formed pursuant to Ministerial Resolution No. 924 of 2014 issued by the Minister of Health on June 22, 2014, and its membership includes specialized doctors and officials from the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, the Dubai Health Authority and the private sector. It also includes in its membership a coordinator for the Authority, pointing out that this committee is the only authority competent to prove cases of total disability or medical unfitness of the insured. Or the status of inability to earn for those eligible for the purposes of entitlement to a pension from the Authority.

The Authority stated, during an awareness and guidance campaign it recently launched, on its official platforms on social media, to familiarize insured citizens working for government and private agencies with the concept, reasons and mechanisms for medical retirement, that the powers of the Medical Retirement Committee are to request a comprehensive report on the job of the applicant for retirement, and about The nature of the tasks he performs in his work, and seeking the opinion of a consultant doctor if necessary, provided that his decision is not binding if the committee decides to adopt or reject it according to the data, with the reasons mentioned in its report. Concerning the applicant for retirement.

She pointed out that it is permissible for this committee to meet in the presence of its chairman and two of its members, so that its decisions are issued unanimously or by a majority of the members present. The Authority explained that applications for the insured in the government sector are submitted by his employer directly to the medical committee responsible for proving these cases, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Health and Community Protection, while the applications for the insured working in the private sector are submitted by his employer to the Pensions Authority, which You, in turn, submit the application to this committee. The Authority stressed that the medical committee responsible for pension affairs is the only body concerned with proving cases of total disability or unfitness of the insured or the status of inability to earn for those entitled to the Authority for the purposes of entitlement to a pension from the Authority, noting that there are requirements that the insured and the beneficiaries must fulfill before submitting their application. For the purposes of proving the case of total disability, medical unfitness for service, or inability to earn, the competent medical committee must provide a recent medical report from the treating physician in a government hospital, as well as request a comprehensive report on the applicant’s job. retirement and the nature of the tasks he performs in his work. The authority published a list of 14 types of conditions and diseases that may be presented to the committee to prove disability, varying in type and degree, including “cancer, heart disease, blood disease, kidney failure, memory loss (Alzheimer’s), stroke, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis.” , paralysis, neurosurgery, rheumatic diseases, eye diseases, psychological diseases, internal diseases,” in addition to other diseases that may lead to total or partial disability according to the decision and discretion of the committee, which holds its sessions once a year. At least a month at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Community Protection in the Emirate of Dubai.

End of service file

The General Authority for Pensions and Social Security pointed out that once the insured’s state of disability or lack of health fitness for service is proven by a decision from the committee and his service is terminated, the pension will be paid to him from the day following the end of service, regardless of his age and the length of his service registered with the authority, explaining that after the issuance of the decision, he must The employer shall provide the Authority with the insured’s end-of-service file and all required documents, including the decision of the competent medical committee, through the end-of-service application available on the Authority’s website within a month at most from the date of termination. Serve him.

• The only medical committee responsible for pension affairs is concerned with proving cases of disability.

• Requests for the insured in the government sector are submitted by his employer directly to the competent medical committee.