Does a chronic illness mean you can’t drive in the UAE? Doctors say the diagnosis alone isn’t enough

Does a chronic illness mean you can’t drive in the UAE? Doctors say the diagnosis alone isn’t enough

Abu Dhabi: Doctors confirmed that a diagnosis of illness alone is not enough to determine lack of fitness to drive, explaining that the medical assessment should be based on the stability of the health condition and the efficiency of the driver's cognitive and motor functions, and the extent of his ability to drive safely, and not on the name of the disease or advanced age. They stressed that having chronic diseases does not necessarily mean an …