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A multi-disciplinary team at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) managed by Cleveland Clinic recently performed the first awake brain open surgery in the gulf region. The surgery included a removal of a tumor from the patient brain located near the brain cells responsible for vocalization and speech. SKMC is owned and operated by SEHA, the [...]
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The Supreme Council of Health has scotched rumours about the spread of a new pandemic known as Q-Fever. Q-Fever is a known infectious disease but it currently does not cause any concern worldwide, the SCHSCH said in a statement issued yesterday. “Recently some news has been circulating about the spread of a new pandemic known as [...] The Ministry of Education has said that it will not make swine flu vaccinations compulsory for primary school pupils despite the low turnout during the first week of the campaign. “There are no moves at the ministry to make it compulsory, neither are there at the Ministry of Health,” said the Education Ministry’s head of School [...] Egypt’s Ministry of Health has announced three more deaths from swine flu Monday, raising the death toll from the H1N1 virus to 94. The three cases were all female, the first a 16-year-old from Beheira, the second a 20-year-old from Dakhalia and the third a 26-year-old from Cairo. In the latest swine flu weekly update, the number [...] Jordan reported 16 new cases of the H1N1 – swine flu over the past week, raising the total number of infections in the Kingdom to 3049, according to Health Ministry weekly report. The ministry indicated that 24,000 citizens have been vaccinated against the pandemic so far. It also noted that the H1N1 | swine flu vaccination campaign [...] After more than three months of summer vacation and the postponement of the first day of school for a whole month, students around Egypt headed to schools and universities on Saturday Oct. 4, only to face more school closures because of the global swine flu pandemic that had reached Egypt in June. Public schools and universities [...] A rare and advanced surgery was conducted at KIMS Oman Hospital recently. Instead of the conventional open surgery requiring 6-7 inches in incision leaving behind painful scars, the above surgery was done with 3 small incisions. KIMS Oman Hospital has the state of the art equipment and highly skilled surgeon Dr Manzoor Ahmed Dar specialising in [...] Disabled people in Lebanon still face barriers to accessing the medical advantages granted to them by law, according to a report published on Tuesday. Lebanese citizens with disabilities have “the right to benefit fully from the health, rehabilitation, and support services,” with the state covering all the expenses on their behalf, stated a law passed [...] Some of the world’s leading experts on the retina – a part of the eye which is central to the transfer of images to the brai – will gather in Abu Dhabi in December for a unique masterclass for retinal surgeons from across the region, from the public and private sectors. More than 50 eye [...] |
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