The first successful positive cross match (PXM)-desensitization living donor kidney transplantation was performed lately at Sheikh Khalifa Medical city (SKMC), managed by Cleveland Clinic, a SEHA healthsystem facility. Since the Multi-organ Transplantation program at SKMC commenced in February 2008, 21 kidney transplants have been performed.
The 50 year old patient, Abdul Ameer (Quality Surveyor), suffered from [...]
The Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Qtel yesterday launched the Fahad bin Jassim Kidney Center. The opening of the center comes as a fitting tribute to kick off a week-long World Kidney Day activities.
“The Kidney centre aims to secure world class healthcare services as in all the HMC hospitals. The Fahad Bin Jassim Kidney Center [...]
Health Authority – Abu Dhabi Announces 1st International Abu Dhabi Diabetes Congress.
Today the Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HAAD), the regulatory body of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) confirmed that they will host the1st International Abu Dhabi Diabetes Congress (ADDC), at [...]
A US- based health expert has called on the governments in the Gulf countries to discourage open buffets in restaurants and public functions saying that they are a major contributor to the high prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the region.
According to Dr Osama Hamdy, Medical Director of Obesity Clinical Programme and Assistant Professor of [...]
SXC Health Solutions announced that its informedRx PBM unit has been awarded a contract with HealthSpring Inc.
“HealthSpring” having an initial term of three years with provisions for two additional one-year extensions. HealthSpring, based in Nashville, Tennessee, offers Medicare Advantage plans across seven states to over 193,000 members and a national stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plan [...]
Emaar Healthcare Group and Methodist International is marking ‘Nutrition Month’ during the month of March by offering free nutrition consultation at Meadows Clinic, the newly opened healthcare centre in The Meadows community.
Dieticians Ms Emilie Hartmann and Ms Tracy Friedrick – key members of the Nutrition & Dietetics Services of Emaar Healthcare Group. – will offer [...]
Philips Healthcare and the Catalonian Health Service (ICS) conduct a study, CARME (Catalan Remote Management Evaluation) preliminar results, that show significant benefits in the management of certain chronic diseases, thanks to telemedicine, an innovative technique that allows the continuous monitoring and a higher patient’s implication in the disease treatment. These results are presented during the [...]
The UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has established a charitable health clinic at Hujeira in Damascus to deliver healthcare services to Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Golan Heights as part of its development projects in health sector.
The RCA is now equipping the health facilities with medical equipment to cover all key health specializations. Mohammed Khalifa [...]
The Health Authority – Abu Dhabi (HA-AD), the regulatory body of the healthcare sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA), to improve standards and practices of information security and safeguard the IT infrastructure at the Authority against cyber crime.
The MOU was signed by [...]
The Kuwait Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, pharmaceutical associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Kuwait’s pharmaceuticals and healthcare industry.
Kuwaits pharmaceutical expenditure stood at around KWD106mn (US$377mn) in 2008. Over the forecast period to 2014, the anaylst expects the market to grow with [...]
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