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Medical Accreditation Courses in The UAE

To remain certified, doctors and nurses must regularly update their skills, knowledge and practical know-how to provide the best service to their patients. With the region’s healthcare sector expanding rapidly; hospitals, clinics and healthcare service providers must stay ahead of the competition by keeping their medical accreditation up-to-date. In order to renew their medical practicing [...]

Moorfields Supporting Dubai ‘Health Festival’

Moorfields is holding an Open House as part of the Healthcare City ‘Health Festival’ this weekend, as well as offering interactive vision testing on its stand in the event area at Healthcare City, and the chance to win free vision screening in the event raffle. The open house will take place on Friday and Saturday, [...]

Stem Cells Therapy Remedy for Damaged Heart

Bioheart has announced a medical breakthrough, for cardiovascular therapy by using stem cells of fat tissues of patient’s own body.

Regeneration of a damaged heart is possible through stem cells derived from a patient’s own fat tissues, according to Dr Karl Groth, chairman and CEO, Bioheart Inc., a US-based company that is an investment of a [...]

Explanation of Medical Tourism at Healthcare Travel

Currently medical tourism patients from the Middle East are travelling in large numbers to countries such as India, Cyprus, Thailand, Jordan, Iran, France, and Germany – places where the quality of affordable healthcare is equal to anywhere else in the world and yet the cost is significantly lower, or where complex medical treatments are readily [...]

UAE Festival Highlighting Importance of Healthy Lifestyle

The Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) will hold a two-day fun and interactive festival offering free medical checkups, nutritious food cooking demonstrations, fitness classes and beauty treatments.

“We are giving back to the community,” said Dr Aisha Abdullah, senior vice president of the DHCC.

She said the festival would be educative and also entertaining.

Aisha said about 3,000 people [...]

Dubai eSystem Improving Safety of Patients

In order to improve patient safety in public healthcare facilities in UAE, the Dubai Health Authority is building an electronic risk-management system and has set up a rapid response team to quickly deal with potential health risks among patients.

New guidelines are also in the offing to minimise the risks of patients catching infections, falling down, [...]

Laboratory Technology Conference Opens in Kuwait

The Kuwait Laboratory Technology Conference and Exhibition opened at the Radisson SAS Hotel, yesterday morning under the patronage of health minister Dr. Helal Al-Sayer. The two-day event, which concludes later today, is a comprehensive multi-themed conference and exhibition for the laboratory industry.

Delivering the inaugural address on the minister’s behalf, Dr. Qaies Al-Duwairi, the Assistant Undersecretary [...]

The Latest Healthcare Solutions in A Summit

By looking at the growth potential of the health care sector in the region, the government and the industry have felt the urge to build a forum to highlight the latest healthcare IT innovation trends.

HIMSS Middle East Health IT Leadership Summit, a forum for education, collaboration and dialogue, announced a three-day summit from November 15 [...]

HMC Home Care Plan for Children

The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will soon expand its recently launched Home Healthcare Service to include more categories of patients such as children, cancer patients and women under maternal care, a senior HMC official said yesterday.

The service, which was officially launched in June, is aimed at providing continuous support to patients who have been discharged [...]