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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 [...] “Kuwait is swine flu free,” said a senior Ministry of Health (MoH) official on Tuesday, revealing that the data for January indicated that no new cases of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus had been detected. MoH Undersecretary Dr. Ibrahim Al-Abdulhadi stressed that the ministry is committed to continuing its preventive plan to guard against any reappearance [...] The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a new 300-bed capacity hospital for alternative medicine and rehabilitation at a total cost of KD 30 million, announced the Health Ministry Deputy Dr Ibraheem Al- Abdulhadi. The new hospital will built on the site where the current alternative medicine hospital is situated. A state-of-the art, fully equipped hospital [...] A Kuwaiti official has unveiled ambitious programs to develop information systems in the Ministry of Health to keep up with the latest international standards in all sectors of the ministry, in recognition of the importance of using modern systems to develop work and performance. Director of Management Information Systems in the Ministry of Health Salah Baqer [...] The health insurance system is not a guarantee for providing the public with the best medical services, reports Al-Seyassah daily quoting Assistant Undersecretary for Planning and Quality at the Ministry of Health Dr Waled Al-Falah. Proposing the establishment of another system for excellent health services and recognition, Al-Falah disclosed the ministry has been applying the [...] Visiting Health Minister of Kuwait Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer and Canada’s University Health Network (UNH) has signed here a memorandum of understanding aimed at development of the different cancer treatment services in Kuwaiti hospitals. Speaking to KUNA following the signing ceremony here last night, during which Kuwait’s Ambassador to Canada Musaed Al Haroun was present, Sayer said [...] After the continuous success at Mohalab Mall, Orchid Group launches its new Spa Time outlet at Phase II of The Avenues to serve more women with unique treatments soothing the effects of stressful environment and lifestyle. The opening is the first step in an intensive expansion plan in the Kuwaiti market. Focused on Asian healing traditions [...] Doctors have urged the Health ministry to take serious steps to improve their living conditions in the country. They demanded a salary raise that covers their living expenses and annual income levels at par with other parts of the world. Recent press reports quoted ministry officials as saying that the salaries of Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti [...] The United Medical Services group has announced the launch of one of its hospitals here. After years of continuous hard work, the first phase of Al-Seef Hospital which overlooks the tranquil Arabian Gulf was opened on Sunday. It will offer the latest and most sophisticated in medical technology to citizens as well as residents. However, [...] In a study: the Pan Arab Research Centre in Dubai estimates the total advertising spend value of the whole healthcare sector in the GCC at $162m, 9% of which comes from the UAE, Khaleej Times has reported. ‘This is for the period from January to September of this year. The full-year estimate could reach some [...] |
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