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In a new initiative, the money paid for Zakat was used for treating patients suffering from hepatitis. For the first year, a number of 74 patients throughout UAE got benefits from this initiative, as Zakat funds which worth Dh1, 605,000 which was used to treat these 74 hepatitis patients. They also received financial support during [...]
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Tawam Hospital in Al-Ain, UAE, in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, announced a new successful addition to the operation facilities of the hospital, which is a new specially developed operating table that allows for 360 degree surgery. The table can rotate in 180 degrees. By using the new table, surgeons at Tawam Hospital will have [...] New school canteen guidelines have been released in the UAE. Such guidelines include removing several items from the menu of the canteen such as chips, crisps, ice cream, chocolates, and hotdogs. The latest guidelines were approved by the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) along with the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), and the guidelines [...] The Ministry of Health in UAE announced that the medical fitness tests will no longer include tests for hepatitis and tuberculosis, except for workers. The date of the implementation of the new rule will be announced shortly. Only few categories will be still requested to undergo hepatitis and tuberculosis tests before gaining access to the UAE. [...] Novartis, in collaboration with ExHealth, is rolling out No Tobacco Campaign 2010, 15th May – 11th August, a three month initiative in UAE to highlight issues of smoking and to implement a tobacco free nation. “With such risk in sight Novartis feels the need to unite efforts in implementing a tobacco free nation as a responsible [...] Mubadala Healthcare announced plans to expand the existing services of Imperial College London Diabetes Center (ICLDC) through the establishment of a second facility in Al Ain. Accordingly, this new Center will provide world-class medical care for local residents in Al Ain and the surrounding region from the middle of next year. The Center is founded on the [...] UAE doctors are warning that the public is eating too much salt, which increasing their risk of developing high blood pressure which leads to heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and diabetes. High salt intake is estimated to be the cause of around one third of hypertension cases, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends an average [...] A panel of expert healthcare professionals and media representatives observed that public private partnerships (PPPs) have a dominant role in driving the sustainable growth of the Middle East healthcare sector, at the third GE Healthcare Middle East Media Summit in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi. Healthcare professionals from around the Middle East region converged to [...] The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) celebrated International Nurses Day on the Wednesday, May 12, at the DHA medical library. Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid, Director General of the DHA is well aware of the importance of nurses in the health sector and felicitates them for their contribution. At the DHA, we are proud to have excellent talent-pool [...] During the “Optimizing Osteoporosis Treatment” Speaker Tour in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, osteoporosis experts issued a public warning that vitamin D insufficiency is ‘endemic’ in the UAE, due to lack of exposure to sunlight and changes in diet, which leads to an increased risk of the debilitating bone disease osteoporosis and associated bone fractures. “Vitamin D [...] |
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