Healthcare | Tuesday 7 June, 2022 3:22 pm

Ohud General Hospital in Madinah to be upgraded by Alfanar Construction

 Alfanar Construction, the engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) division of Alfanar, announced today that it has been awarded a SAR 109 million contract by the Ministry of Health (MoH), Saudi Arabia, to replace and develop the infrastructure for Ohud General Hospital in the city...

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Healthcare | Sunday 5 June, 2022 1:04 pm

Saudi Arabia reports 565 new COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths

The Saudi Ministry of Health reported 565 new cases of COVID-19 in the Kingdom on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 770,650 over the course of the pandemic, which started in December 2019. The authorities also confirmed three new COVID-19-related deaths, raising the...

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Healthcare | Thursday 2 June, 2022 2:36 pm

Huawei collaborates with “Live Well” platform to keep raising awareness of staying healthy and wellbeing

 Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia collaborates with online “Live Well” platform during Eid AlFitr to keep raising awareness of the importance of staying healthy and wellbeing. The initiative which was run throughout Eid AlFitr on “Live Well” – the Ministry’s of Health...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 31 May, 2022 4:03 pm

Gulf Intervention Society bring together leading physicians and interventional cardiology specialists from across the GCC & ME

 As part of the GIS mission and its continuous plan for Medical Education, GIS is conducting a Continuous Medical Educational program- CME Program for Interventional Cardiologist, Cardiac Surgeons, Nurses & tech-nurses from all over the region. President Fawaz Almutairi, Consultant...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 31 May, 2022 3:45 pm

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi completes surgical first in UAE

Physicians at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, a Mubadala Health partner, have successfully performed a valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement (VIV-TMVR) in a clinical first for the United Arab Emirates. The 77-year-old patient, Sfeir Iskandar, who had a history of prior coronary...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 31 May, 2022 11:31 am

Healthpoint Brings New Technology to Conduct Robotic-assisted Knee Replacement Surgery

 Healthpoint, a Mubadala Health partner, has announced that it has conducted a robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery using the ‘Mako’ robotic arm by Stryker, which is a new technology that has been brought into the UAE by Healthpoint. The newly offered technology provides greater...

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Healthcare | Friday 27 May, 2022 4:56 am

8,968 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered during past 24 hours: MoHAP

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has announced that 8,968 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were given in the past 24 hours. The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 24,881,931 with a rate of vaccine distribution of 251.58 doses per 100 people. The vaccination...

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Healthcare | Thursday 26 May, 2022 2:48 pm

Health Minister: Saudi Arabia provided $770m for worldwide vaccine production

Saudi Minister of Health, Eng. Fahad Al-Jalajel praised the great contributions made by his country to support efforts to combat the epidemic on the global stage. This came during a speech he delivered at the 75th session of the General Assembly of the World Health Organization WHO, which concluded ...

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Healthcare | Thursday 26 May, 2022 12:44 am

2-year-old Saudi girl saved after swallowing 27 toy magnets

With quick intervention, the surgical team specializing in infants and newborns at the Maternity and Children Hospital in Hafr Al-Batin (eastern Saudi Arabia) managed, on Tuesday, 24 May, to save the life of a two-year-old girl who had been suffering from abdominal pain with continuous vomiting for ...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 24 May, 2022 8:30 am

Saudi Health Opens Door for local and int partners to invest in Riyadh Healthcare infrastructure

​​​Saudi Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the National Center for Privatization NCP, announced on Sunday, May 22nd, the start of the Expression of Interest (EOI) Phase to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain (DBFOM) Al-Iman General Hospital staff accommodation...

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