Healthcare | Friday 5 February, 2016 12:20 pm

Health Ministry cuts spending by 50 percent

The Ministry of Health has asked its various departments to review current inventories to ensure the availability of medicine and medical devices. The move was made after Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih ordered the reduction of medicines and medical device purchases by 50 percent. Medical industry ...

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Healthcare | Thursday 4 February, 2016 3:25 pm

INDEX Celebrates 20 Years of Success at AEEDC Dubai Night

AEEDC Dubai Night took place yesterday at Le Meridien hotel in Dubai, celebrating 20 years of success and achievements for AEEDC Dubai Conference and Exhibition. AEEDC Dubai Night was attended by His Excellency Major General Mohammed Ahmed Al Marri, Director General, General Directorate of...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 3 February, 2016 3:44 am

New health insurance policy to include obesity treatment

The Health Ministry and the Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) are currently considering a project to amend the current insurance policy to cover the treatment of obesity and the diseases resulting from it, Health Minister Khaled Al-Falih was reported by Al-Eqtisadiah daily on...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 2 February, 2016 4:57 pm

His Excellency Humaid Al Qatami Inaugurates the 20th Edition of AEEDC Dubai 2016

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority, His Excellency Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the board of the Dubai Health Authority inaugurated today the 20th edition of...

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Healthcare | Monday 1 February, 2016 7:11 am

Al-Falih opens GCC Cancer Awareness Campaign

Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih launched on Sunday the GCC Cancer Awareness Campaign in all GCC countries to mark World Cancer Day which falls on Feb. 4. The launch occurred in the presence of Director General of the Executive Bureau of the Council of Health Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation...

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Healthcare | Sunday 31 January, 2016 2:31 pm

Jeddah Hosts the 10th Middle East Best of San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

With the participation of more than 400 doctors and specialists in oncology globally and locally, Saudi Arabia will host the 10th Middle East Best of San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, which is organized by the Health Affairs at the Ministry of National Guard, during the period from 6th –...

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Healthcare | Sunday 31 January, 2016 2:02 pm

VPS Healthcare and The Children

VPS Healthcare, one of the fastest growing integrated healthcare service providers in the Middle East, Europeand India, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), one of the largest, oldest and most-respected children's hospitals in the world, officially...

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Healthcare | Sunday 31 January, 2016 12:57 pm

DHA Chairman inaugurates UAE’s first private AED35 million rehabilitation centre

His Excellency Mr. Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, Chairman and Director General of Dubai Health Authority (DHA), inaugurated the first ever private in-patient rehabilitation centre in the UAE. This centre was launched as a result of a partnership between JCI reaccredited, Canadian Specialist...

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Healthcare | Sunday 31 January, 2016 4:54 am

AEEDC Dubai 2016 Introduces Two New Specialized Conferences

AEEDC Dubai introduces this year two new specialized conferences that will take place on the 31st of January and 1st of February, 2016 at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Center. Happening parallel to the 16th Dubai World Dental Meeting, AEEDC Dubai World Orthodontic Conference...

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Healthcare | Saturday 30 January, 2016 5:37 am

Riyadh governor opens diabetes center

Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar inaugurated recently the Sheikh Saleh Al-Rajhi Diabetes Center at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital (KKESH). The inauguration ceremony was attended by Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih and invited guests from the public and private sectors. Prince Faisal said...

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