Healthcare | Friday 10 July, 2015 4:11 am

3.3m Saudis enjoy coop health cover

A total of 10,229,109 people are covered under the cooperate health insurance system, including 3,338,628 Saudis and the rest non-Saudis, Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih has said. In a press statement, the minister said the insurance system aims to provide health care and organize services for all ...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 12:29 pm

GCC countries form 30% of the patients out of the 120 countries catered by Apollo hospitals

Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s pioneering healthcare provider, has stated that GCC states alone accounts for 30% of the traffic of medical patient flow to Apollo institutions in India out of the 120 countries that it caters to. This fact corroborates the fact that India’s medical tourism...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 7 July, 2015 1:25 pm

Eastern Clinical Laboratories Bags the "Building Healthcare: Best Technology Initiative Award"

The Eastern Group identified the importance of online presence to enable its stakeholders 24/7 access to diagnostic information and tests. Through its indigenously developed Web portal http://www.eclabs.ae and the complimentary Web App, the Lab has created the Eastern Diagnostic Network...

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Healthcare | Monday 6 July, 2015 12:23 am

GCC and German Rheumatologists to establish “Spondyloarthritis” Center

In partnership with AbbVie Biopharmaceuticals, a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company, Rheumatologists from around the GCC journeyed to Charite Berlin University Hospital in Germany to discuss the recent updates in the management of Spondyloarthritis disease (SpA), a type of...

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Healthcare | Tuesday 30 June, 2015 1:48 pm

Early Detection Helps Prevent Onset Of Diabetes

According to the International Diabetes Federation’s Diabetes Atlas in 2014, around half of the estimated 387 million people living with diabetes worldwide are unaware because the general symptoms are so subtle they can be quite hard to recognise.    Abu Dhabi’s Imperial ...

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Healthcare | Monday 29 June, 2015 3:01 am

MoH plans changes at top; all eyes on Al-Munis

Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih is expected to announce changes in directors of health affairs across the Kingdom, which will include a decision on Saleh Saad Al-Munis, director general of health affairs in Najran. Citizens have requested the Ministry to reveal the result of the investigation into ...

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Healthcare | Monday 29 June, 2015 1:36 am

The Supreme Council of Health Launches Extensive “Our Future lies in our health” Campaign

The Supreme Council of Health (SCH), the responsible authority for healthcare issues in the State, kicked off its “Our Future lies in Our Health” awareness campaign, with an aim to encourage all segments of society to lead a healthy lifestyle and abandon harmful daily habits. This...

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Healthcare | Monday 29 June, 2015 1:21 am

Keep Walking During Ramadan

According to specialists at Abu Dhabi’s Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC), it is extremely important to take regular exercise, even while fasting during the Holy Month of Ramadan.    ICLDC’s Dr Farhana Bin Lootah said that exercise is a key contributor to...

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Healthcare | Sunday 28 June, 2015 4:40 pm

Agreement places technology at the heart of new healthcare facility in Riyadh

Three leading organizations in the healthcare industry have today agreed to collaborate on the creation of the most technicallyadvanced,integrated medical IT system ever deployed in the private sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Aldara Hospital and Medical Center, a new hospital and...

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Healthcare | Sunday 28 June, 2015 5:10 am

Health minister to make major reshuffles at the ministry

Minister of Health Khaled Al-Falih will making changes at the level of directors of health affairs in all regions of the Kingdom on Sunday, sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette. The decisions also include relieving the director general of health affairs in Najran region from his post.  The...

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