Healthcare | Sunday 5 July, 2020 2:42 am

Saudi labs can conduct 53,000 COVID-19 tests daily

Laboratories across the Kingdom have the capacity to conduct 53,000 COVID-19 tests daily, the ministry of health has said. At the beginning of the pandemic the said capacity did not exceed more than 1,000 tests per day, the ministry said in a statement on Friday.Spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of...

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Healthcare | Thursday 2 July, 2020 3:18 pm

COVID-19 and Type 2 diabetes: Regional experts shed light on the latest scientific updates and clinical practices in disease management for patient education

Boehringer Ingelheim - one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies - held a regional media webinar titled ‘Managing Type 2 Diabetes during COVID-19’ with the participation of leading healthcare professionals who provided the latest updates on type 2 diabetes (T2D) management during...

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Healthcare | Thursday 2 July, 2020 2:37 am

Devmark pens deal to partner with leading international real estate marketing agency

Devmark, the UAE-based real-estate consultancy and advisory firm, has formally signed a partnership with ThinkLab, the international leader in the development of virtual technology. The new entity will now provide real estate developers in the MENA region with the unique combination of cutting-edge ...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 30 June, 2020 5:31 pm

NMC opens new Royal Medical Centre in Karama, Abu Dhabi

NMC Healthcare has recently opened a new Royal Medical Centre. Located in Karama, Abu Dhabi, the centre will provide residents within the community and the surrounding areas access to trusted healthcare services. NMC Health’s CEO Michael Davis, along with Clancey Po, Director of Corporate...

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Healthcare | Sunday 28 June, 2020 9:14 am

SFDA Joins WHO-National Control Laboratory Network for Biological Preparations

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has joined the WHO-National Control Laboratory (NCL) Network for Biologicals, a global platform for cooperation and exchange of technical expertise, ensuring the quality of vaccines and other biological (biopharmaceutical) preparations.The Network was...

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Healthcare | Friday 26 June, 2020 2:52 pm

CMRC Saudi Arabia, a State-of-the-art Rehabilitative Hospital in the Eastern Province of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is Fully Operational

In Q2 2019, Cambridge Medical & Rehabilitation, the UAE's leading post-acute rehabilitation and long-term care facility, announced the opening of its first medical and rehabilitation facility in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Eastern Province under the name of CMRC Saudi Arabia. The all-new ...

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Healthcare | Thursday 25 June, 2020 1:12 pm

Frontline Warriors and Volunteers from two Al Warsan isolation facilities honoured for helping 1500 Covid-19 patients in Dubai

Around 100 frontline medical professionals, volunteers, government entities and supporting organisations were honoured by Aster DM Healthcare and Consulate General of India for their relentless efforts over the last two months which helped in the successful recovery of more than 1500 Covid-19...

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Healthcare | Thursday 25 June, 2020 3:43 am

WHO Welcomes Saudi Arabia Decision to Hold Hajj of this Year, with very Limited Numbers

The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed here today the decision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to hold this year's Hajj, with a very limited numbers of those interested to perform Hajj, from all nationalities inside the Kingdom, pointing...

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Healthcare | Thursday 18 June, 2020 12:48 am

MoH approves use of Dexamethasone to treat corona patients

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Wednesday that it has approved the use of Dexamethasone for the treatment of coronavirus.The drug, a cortisone medication, has been included in the ministry’s treatment protocol for COVID-19 patients, and will be given to corona patients who...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 16 June, 2020 2:46 pm

Saudi Arabia’s Pharma Pharmaceuticals deploys Epicor ERP to streamline processes and optimize service delivery

Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, today announced that Saudi Arabian company, Pharma Pharmaceutical Industries (Pharma)—a leader in the kingdom’s pharmaceutical services industry—has implemented Epicor ...

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