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More than 20 healthcare facilities were shut down since November last year, due to violations ranging from use of rusted and unhygienic medical equipment to working without authorization. At least 22 clinics faced temporary closure at various periods for violating health regulations, according to the Medical Licensing Department at Supreme Council of Health. The council had [...] By focusing to address some of the most significant diseases and disorders that are prevalent Qatar, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, neurogenetic abnormalities, and respiratory disorders, the Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC-Q) will collaborate with Qatar Foundation, Hamad Medical CorporationHamad Medical CorporationLoading…, Supreme Council of Health, Sidra Medical and Research Centre, Qatar Science and Technology [...] Qatar has embarked on the promoting of a world class bio-medical research hub that addresses significant health challenges in the region. Aiming to address some of the most significant diseases and disorders that are prevalent in Qatar, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, neuro-genetic abnormalities, and respiratory disorders, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar will collaborate with [...] By taking another significant progress in fighting cancer, the National Association for Cancer Awareness (Naca) has taken another giant move forward by launching the country’s first Mobile Mammography Unit (MMU), which will be available in November, officials at the centre informed yesterday at a press briefing. MMU will be ready to take Naca’s care on the [...] The First Mobile Mammogram Unit (MMU) dedicated to reach out to every woman will embark on the roads on November 1 to provide women access to breast cancer screening and to spread knowledge about cancer, it was announced at a press conference held at the National Association for Cancer Awareness (NACA) yesterday. The launch of [...] Dubai has won its bid to host the international diabetes congress in the Emirate, seeing off competition from Singapore and Melbourne, Australia, a senior doctor told Gulf News. The bid was announced at the congress in Montreal, Canada, recently and the flag of the International Diabetes Federation was handed over to Qadi Saeed Al Muroshid, director [...] The report released by the department of health and medical services Dubai also said that of this 10 percent, approximately 38 percent of cases are Emirati and 62 percent of cases are expatriates. Health professionals are now increasingly concerned with the number of UAE residents who are at risk of heart attack due to undiagnosed hypertension. Ahead [...] The declining numbers of infants in the middle East and North Africa, who are exclusively breastfed during the first six months of their lives, has been noted with much concern by Unicef. “Several high-income countries in the middle East such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, the UAE and Saudi Arabia maintain patterns similar to industrialised European [...] Bahrain’s government declared that Bahrain’s national health bill will soar to more than BD553 million ($1.466 billion) a year by 2025 – pricing free care out of the market. The only answer is privatisation, with compulsory health insurance for expatriates and, eventually, Bahrainis, Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer was quoted as saying in the Gulf [...] In a report, Dr. Fawzi Al-Hammouri, Chairman of the Private Hospital Association of Jordon, said “The Private hospital Association of Jordan is doing all what is needed to keep Jordan the first choice for the medical tourism patients from the middle east and the world, by helping the Jordanian hospitals to apply the highest quality [...] |
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