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Health Minister Nayef Fayez on Wednesday defended a decision imposing fees on blood units, saying that the measure aims to cut ministry funds spent on foreign patients. In a joint press conference with the ministers of finance and state for media affairs and communications yesterday, Fayez said over 700,000 non-Jordanians live in the country and enjoy [...] A committee for the development of organ transplantation in the Kingdom was formed on Wedneday by the Health Ministry under the direction of the minister, Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah. Announcing the formation of the new committee, Deputy Health Minister, Yacoub Al Mazrou, secretary general of the Medical Services Council told Arab News that the new body [...] Dubai Three major hospitals have come forward with the announcement that they will not raise consultation fees or other charges for the coming year, saying it is the wrong time to impose additional financial burden on the public. Insurers had earlier claimed that some major hospitals and clinics proposed to increase health care fees by up [...] Abu Dhabi A Federal Health Authority (FHA) has been established to help accredit over 14 public hospitals across Dubai and the Northern Emirates under the UAE Ministry of Health (MoH). The FHA headquarters will be in Sharjah. But FHA plans to open offices in more locations across the UAE and internationally, announced Dr Hanif Hassan, Minister [...] 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 [...] The operation department of a private Jeddah hospital has been closed after a medical mistake left a patient dead. The Health Affairs Department in Makkah province ordered the closure following instructions from Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah. The decision, which came into effect on Sunday, was made after a committee investigating the death submitted its [...] Badr al Samaa Group of Hospital and Polyclinic will open its 7th branch in the Wilayat of Sur tomorrow. Shaikh Ali Bin Ahmed al Shamsi, Wali of Sur, will formally inaugurate the clinic at 5.30 pm. To mark the opening, a week-long free medical consultation will be offered to the public. The group currently operates [...] Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Samsung Medical Center (SMC), Seoul have agreed to extend cooperation in the medical training facilities and treatment. A delegation from the Dubai Health Authority headed by Dr. Hussein Abdul Rahman, Medical Director at Dubai Hospital and Chairman of the Overseas Medical Treatment Committee, recently visited the Samsung Medical Center, the [...] Adopting innovative technologies all in an effort to provide quality healthcare and lower IT management costs. CNME?s Manda Banda finds out how technology is empowering hospitals in the region. It’s one thing for an IT vendor and its reseller partners to access the IT challenges that clients in the healthcare services face. It’s quite another to [...] |
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