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Healthcare Quality Week Celebration Organized by DHA

Keeping patient safety as the focus of this year’s healthcare quality week, the Dubai Health Authority organized a day-long seminar to highlight the importance of patient safety in healthcare.

The seminar is part of a four-day Quality Week Celebration, across all DHA hospitals and speciality centres. The event organised by the Hospital services sector at the [...]

Conference on Environment, Safety and Health in ENOC

UAE National Oil Company (ENOC) hosted a regional conference on Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) at Movenpick  Hotel, Dubai. Given the focus on professional development, this year ENOC joined hands with the American Society of Safety Engineers – Middle East Chapter (ASSE-MEC) and the UAE Society of Engineers (UAE-SoE) in organising the event.
The Dubai conference, [...]

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Inaugurates The CLINIC at DIFC

One of the region’s most modern and advanced healthcare and dental facilities – THE CLINIC – has opened its doors to the public.

Located within the Dubai International Financial Centre  premises, THE CLINIC was inaugurated by H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates Group and President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, who [...]

Meeting on Dermatology in Qatar

Qatar will host the 10th GCC Conference on Dermatology and Venereology from December 17 to December 19.

The conference is being organized jointly by the Supreme Council of Health jointly with GCC Dermatology Association. About 2,000 delegates from across the Middle East as well as Europe and the US are expected to attend the event.
The conference [...]

Preventable of Almost Heart Diseases

Ministry of Health statistics, Dr Pratiksha, a preventive cardiologist, said: “Eighty per cent of heart diseases could be prevented by using principles of preventive cardiology,” she said.

A small percentage experience typical angina pain or breathlessness as a first symptom, she said.
For about 35 per cent of patients, a heart attack is the first symptom of [...]

High Cholesterol Ghost Attacks Half of Region’s Population

More than half of the population in Gulf countries suffer from high cholesterol levels, a pharmaceutical company said. Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance in a person’s bloodstream that blocks arteries, causing heart attacks and strokes.

Tarek Rabah, Astra Zeneca president in the Gulf area, said the study was launched in collaboration with the Emirates Cardiac [...]