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UAE Health Minister Visits New Medical Complex in Ajman

UAE Minister of Health, Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali, visited the new medical complex in Ajman in preparation for its opening during the forthcoming period.

The UAE Minister of Health’s work of building and constructing the ministry’s facilities such as the construction, technical and medical equipments is considered as part of institutional cooperation for building a medical [...]

The Amiri expansion project of al-Adan Hospital Opened Today

The Amiri expansion project of al-Adan Hospital is opened today with a 240-bed capacity, according to health ministry.

The expansion will contribute in easing pressure on the hospital, as it will be supplied with modern medical equipment, Director of al-Ahmadi Medical Zone Dr. Fahad Al-Fawdari told KUNA.

The project came upon directives of His Highness the Amir [...]

First Kuwaiti Health Contractors Conference Get Started

The First Kuwaiti health contractors conference and exhibition opened yesterday at the Movenpick Hotel in the Shuwaikh duty free zone. The conference is hosting a number of local and international specialist health sector contracting companies, in addition to firms which provide the latest innovations in medical equipment and devices.

This conference confirms the seriousness of the [...]

Health cover pilot project in 2011

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 [...]

Japanese Helps in Establishing Health Clinic in Irbid

The Government of Japan has decided to aid Taibeh Charity Association with $67,494, in order to purchase medical equipment that will be installed at a health clinic to be opened later this year in Taibeh district.

Japanese Ambassador to Jordan Tetsuo Shioguchi said that over the past decades, his country had extended to Jordan more than [...]

RCA Launches Health Centre in Damascus

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 [...]

Fewer Nationals Seek Medical Specialisations

There has been a marked decline in the number of UAE nationals seeking in specialisations like medicine, dentistry, pharmacology and health sciences.

In all these branches national under-graduates account for only 50 per cent.

This was stated by Dr Husam Al Din Hamdi, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Sharjah (UoS), in an interview with Khaleej [...]

Kuwait Ban Dramol

The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday a total ban on the sale of ‘Dramol’ in all pharmacies, both in the government and private sectors.

Assistant Undersecretary for medicines and medical equipment Dr. Omar Al-Sayyed Omar said the ban followed laboratory tests that proved the presence of a chemical anti-allergen that was not present in the [...]

Fayez And Beecroft Open Renovated Jamil Tutanji Hospital

American Ambassador Stephen Beecroft and Minister of Health Dr Nayef Al-Fayez inaugurated the recently-renovated Jamil Tutanji Hospital in Sahab Thursday, stressing continued American support for Jordan’s efforts to improve the quality of health care services for everyone in the Kingdom.

With assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jamil Tutanji Hospital’s newly renovated [...]

Lying Vacant at Health Ministry Facilities

Over 2,350 posts are lying vacant at the Ministry of Health facilities in all seven emirates, Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer has said.

Addressing the Federal National Council FNC session here on Wednesday, he said sufficient budget for these posts had already been allocated, and “we are working to bring in [...]