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Stressing on the need to maintain the reputation of the Kingdom’s health sector, Minister of Health Nayef Fayez said this requires the cooperation of all parties representing the sector. The minister made the comments during a workshop held yesterday to discuss the medical accountability draft law, attended by sector representatives the Jordan Medical Association (JMA). According to [...] The Cabinet will discuss the means of implementing a ban on smoking in public and the places to be included under the decision, according to a top government official. Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications and Government Spokesperson Nabil Sharif said the Cabinet will also define the stages through which the ban will be [...] GE Healthcare will highlight its advanced range of innovative diagnostic technologies at the third Arabian Radiology Congress from April 29 to May 2, 2010, at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center at The Dead Sea in Jordan. GE Healthcare will feature more than 20 international speakers and over 100 specialized lectures on wide-ranging topics that [...] During the 2nd Middle East Diabetes Summit, the experts said that diabetics cannot regulate their blood sugar levels, which leads to organ and limb damage. These uncontrolled glucose levels cause diseases in the limbs that often end with total amputation, they explained. Worldwide, 300 million people are currently living with diabetes, and this figure is expected to [...] Health experts called for a unified strategy to address diabetes ahead of an international conference on the disease. Mohammad Zaheri, head of the Jordanian Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism said that no serious efforts have yet been adopted in the Kingdom to curb the prevalence of diabetes. “There is an urgent need to come up with [...] Minister of Health Nayef Al Fayez said Jordan puts its expertise in health insurance, medical engineering and blood banks at the services of Yemen. // < ![CDATA[// // ]]> At a meeting with his Yemeni counterpart Abdul Karim Rase’, Al Fayez said health cooperation increased tangibly in the last few years, especially [...] Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS) received a delegation from King Hussein Cancer Center – Jordan, and Jordan Breast Cancer Program to its Khalifa (A) Healthcare Center. The visit aims to provide insights on the center’s diagnosis and detection facilities, was recommended by HAAD. It provided an opportunity for the delegation members to learn more about the center’s [...] The Private Hospitals Association (PHA) announced on Sunday that the Kingdom’s medical tourism sector witnessed a rise in patients last year. Private hospitals across Saudi Arabia witnessed a 10 per cent increase in foreign patients in 2009, PHA President Fawzi Hammouri declared in a press conference yesterday. In addition, 220,000 patients from across the world received treatment [...] Nayef Al Fayez, Minister of Health, said Jordan puts its expertise in health insurance, medical engineering and blood banks at the services of Yemen. Al Fayez said health cooperation increased tangibly in the last few years, especially in training Yemeni health staff and receiving patients for treatment in the Kingdom. The Yemeni official said his visit aims [...] Top international health experts will be met in Doha for the inaugural edition of the International Forum for Supporting Health Professional Education in Palestine-Gaza Programme. The event is organized by Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) in collaboration with PIMA, Doctors Worldwide-Turkey, the National Committee for Health Education in Palestine and the Jordanian Committee for Support of [...] |
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