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Family members of a disabled man expressed disgust with Lebanon’s health care system after he was rejected by several hospitals because of a lack of insurance. Mohammad Addarwish, 41, was severely burned after coming into contact with live electricity wires. Addarwish, who cannot walk, was rushed to a number of hospitals in Beirut, including one with [...] Employee benefits are clearly becoming increasingly important elements of rewards packages a Mercer survey has found, with 75 percent of companies in KSA already offering employees protection for death and long-term disability. Medical care is a key macro issue in the Gulf States, and in Saudi Arabia there is a well documented drive to manage dependence [...] 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 [...] Etihad Airways has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC) to provide Etihad’s UAE workforce and their families with medical insurance. The deal provides more than 6,000 Etihad Airways employees and their families living in the UAE with full medical coverage, worldwide emergency medical treatment, and increased access to dental treatment on all [...] Etihad Airways has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi National Insurance Company (ADNIC) to provide Etihad’s UAE workforce and their families with medical insurance. The deal provides more than 6,000 Etihad Airways employees and their families living in the UAE with full medical coverage, worldwide emergency medical treatment, and increased access to dental treatment on all [...] The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) is calling on the local business sector to provide its employees with more benefits and programmes that can lead to increased productivity and help stimulate more economic activity in the emirate. The call was made at the launch of a new group medical insurance programme for the chamber’s [...] The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has asked the local business sector to provide its employees with more benefits and programs that can lead to increased productivity and help stimulate more economic activity in the emirate. The call was made during the launch of a new group medical insurance program for the chamber’s associate [...] The UAE’s Red Crescent Authority (RCA) provided AED 1.3 million in medical assistance to needy people of limited income. The said assistance was disbursed to 148 beneficiaries in Abu Dhabi, Bani Yas and the Western Region to cover costs of surgical operations overseas, medicine, wheelchairs and prosthetic hearing aid and devices for hearing impaired people whose [...] Nexus, one of the leading independent insurance brokers in the region, is predicting double-digit growth in the coming year, on the back of slower growth in 2009, due to the global economic downturn. Nexus expects the slowdown to have encouraged more people in the region to take up personal insurance products to protect them from unforeseen [...] Thousands of foreign workers in villages and hamlets are complaining they cannot benefit from health insurance due to a lack of local hospitals and health facilities. Trading and industrial companies which have criticized a new Health Ministry initiative requiring SR1,000 to be paid for each employee’s health insurance, have supported their claims. “The ministry’s decision did not [...] |
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