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Tweet Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced that it will develop mini-clinics at health centres for treating patients with asthma and raising awareness on how to prevent the disease. DHA Primary Health Care Sector CEO Dr Ahmad Ebrahim Saif Kalban, said “We have already finished the primary stages which are training efficient doctors and nurses to deal specifically [...] Tweet As GHI moves into its second phase of acquisitions, CEO Mark Adams calls for healthcare regulators to drive quality for a more patient-centered approach and increased public benefit. ” With a limited public health system in place and poor underlying health conditions, GCC regulators need to prioritise the needs of patients” said Adams. ”Quality versus cost [...] Tweet The Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD) announced that 38 health insurance violation cases, including suspected cases of fraud, forgery and abuse had been uncovered during inspection visits conducted by the Audit Section of the Health Insurance Regulation Department at HAAD. HAAD issued fines ranging from AED 10,000 to AED 20,000 per violation to clinics, pharmacies, [...] Tweet Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah announced Monday that applications for setting up new dialysis units in private hospitals should go through a high committee appointed by the minister before they get formal approval for license from his ministry. There are more than 3,000 dialysis machines in 177 dialysis units, including 30 in private health clinics and [...] Tweet A law on health insurance for citizens will be passed during the current parliamentary term and the government has concluded a three-year study of the bill, officials said. “It’s high time it was approved to serve citizens and reduce the burden shouldered by the health sector in general,” stressed officials. Furthermore, officials emphasized that the [...] Tweet Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) managed by Cleveland Clinic hosted the Music and Medicine Concert Lecture today March 29, at 1:30 pm in cooperation with Cleveland Clinic Arts and Medicine Institute and Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF). More than 60 patients, visitors and doctors attended the event which took place in SKMC is [...] Tweet Al Ain Al Ain Hospital has completed the redevelopment of its 14-bed intensive care unit (ICU) and has added three new operating theatres, promising the best possible medical service to the people living in the oasis city. The hospital has also commissioned new clinical imaging diagnostic machines, including a CT scanner for the radiology department. “These new [...] Tweet The pilot project of Qatar’s National Health Insurance Scheme is ready for launch by next year. The law is ready and the government is working on the implementation aspect of the Scheme, said Minister of Public Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani. He also revealed that the country’s first military hospital is under [...] Tweet Health Minister HE Dr Hanif Hassan, has visited the Rashid Diabetes Centre at Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Hospital in Ajman, where he was briefed about equipment, curative and surgical services of the centre ahead of its official inauguration. Hanif issued instructions to dispatch a number of surgeons for training in the Obesity Surgery Centre at Gothenburg [...] Tweet 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 [...] |
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