Healthcare | Sunday 24 January, 2021 4:07 pm

Madinah joins world’s healthiest cities

The Saudi city of Madinah has been acknowledged by the World Health Organization (WHO) as among the world’s healthiest cities. The holy city gained the accreditation after a visiting WHO team said that it met all the global standards required to be a healthy city. Madinah is believed to ...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 20 January, 2021 11:53 pm

Jeddah International Medical Center Receives King Abdulaziz Award for Quality

The International Medical Center won the Silver King Abdulaziz Award 2020 in the category of Private Health Facilities. The International Medical Center was the only private hospital to win this category.   The King Abdulaziz Award for Quality is the most important award for...

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Healthcare | Sunday 17 January, 2021 3:11 pm

Mayo Clinic Laboratories and American Hospital Dubai Announce Strategic Partnership

Mayo Clinic Laboratories and American Hospital Dubai announce a strategic partnership aimed at improving advanced laboratory diagnostics in the Dubai region. Under the agreement, the two organizations will begin delivering laboratory testing through a collaboration based out of...

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Healthcare | Saturday 16 January, 2021 9:32 am

UVDI-360 Room Sanitizer Inactivates SARS-CoV-2 at 12 Feet (3.65 Meters) Distance in 5 Minutes

UV-C Disinfecting Device Used in Hospitals Globally Achieves 99.99% Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 in BSL-3 Laboratory Testing UltraViolet Devices, Inc. (UVDI) announced its UVDI-360 Room Sanitizer achieved greater than 99.99%, or 4log10, inactivation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 13 January, 2021 4:20 pm

Pfizer Appoints Patrick van der Loo as Regional President for Africa and the Middle East

Pfizer announced today the appointment of Patrick van der Loo as Regional President for Africa and the Middle East (AfME) region. Patrick's Pfizer experience spans more than 20 years in leadership roles with multiple successes across geographies.  In his new role as Regional President for...

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Healthcare | Thursday 7 January, 2021 12:39 pm

1 million apply for vaccine through Health Ministry’s Sehhaty app

About 1 million registered users have applied to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the Ministry of Health’s Sehhaty app with more than 100,000 residents inoculated to date across the three vaccine centers in the Riyadh region, Makkah region and the Eastern Province. The ministry is...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 5 January, 2021 11:44 am

Zulekha Hospital Announces the Launch of Zulekha Home Care Services

 QUALITY CARE HOME DELIVERED BY ZULEKHA HOSPITAL Zulekha Hospital introduces Zulekha Home Care in UAE, ensuring access to high quality healthcare from the comfort of your homes now. The Home Care Services will cover visits by doctors & nurses, physiotherapy, investigations,...

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Healthcare | Thursday 31 December, 2020 11:38 am

Saudi Arabia vaccine registrations ‘could soon pass million mark’

The number of Saudis registering to receive the coronavirus vaccine has doubled in the last three days, the Saudi Health Ministry has said, predicting that registrations “could soon pass the 1 million mark.” After Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received his first dose of the coronavirus...

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Healthcare | Monday 21 December, 2020 1:09 pm

More than 400,000 register for vaccine in Saudi Arabia

More than 400,000 people from Saudi Arabia’s high-risk group have registered to receive the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine through the Sehaty app, according to the Ministry of Health. “Participants who received the first dose of the vaccine are in stable condition with no issues...

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Healthcare | Sunday 20 December, 2020 8:49 am

ELIXIR MEDICAL ANNOUNCES ENTRY INTO MIDDLE EAST CARDIOVASCULAR DEVICES MARKET WITH ITS DYNAMX CORONARY BIOADAPTOR SYSTEM

Elixir Medical, a developer of advanced systems to treat coronary artery disease, announced the launch of the DynamX™ Coronary Bioadaptor System at centers of excellence in the Middle East. DynamX is an innovative device that enables physicians to treat a blockage of the coronary artery while...

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