DOHA: Local Newspaer Peninsula has reported that the much awaited national stem-cell banking system in Qatar will become a reality by the end of January 2010, when Virgin Health Bank QSTP (VHB)…
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Meet focuses on medical innovations – Qatar Health 2009
DOHA: The medical congress as part of the five-day Qatar Health 2009 opened here yesterday with seven medical tracks simultaneously. The congress saw medical experts from various parts of the world bringing…
HMC Doha plans Emergency Department expansion
DOHA: The Hamad Medical Corporation’s Emergency Department (ED) is set on major expansion projects in terms of infrastructure design and treatment procedures. The two projects — one expected to be completed in…
Premarital Screening to be Launched in Qatar
13th December 2009 DOHA Qatar : The Minister of Public Health and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani has urged all desiring…
Over 100 firms attend Qatar Health 2009
DOHA: Qatar Health 2009, an international medical congress and exhibition opened at the Doha Exhibition Centre yesterday. About 100 local and international companies are presenting the latest healthcare technology and services at…
Up to 80% of Visitors to Paediatric Emergency Care Doha are Non-Emergency: Official
DOHA: Many patients are put to wait for long to see a doctor at the Pediatric Emergency in Al Sadd due to the huge number of non-emergency visits at the facility, says…
Al Nuaima, Al Rawda Qatar to get Health Centres
DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will construct two new primary health centres in Al Nuaima and Al Rawda. Once completed, the centres will provide comprehensive services including emergency care. The two-storey…
HMC Cardiology Centre to Be Ready Next Month
Doha, November 29 By Qatat News Aagency – Hamad Medical Corporation’s new cardiology hospital, the Qatar Heart Centre (QHC), will be operational by June 2010, Executive Director Dr Mahmoud Al-Raisi has said….
Al Amal centre pioneers new cancer therapy
28th November 2009 : DOHA Enhanced Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting system at Al Amal Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation’s cancer specialty centre, is set to alter cancer drug therapies in the region….
Conference on metabolic disorder
20th November 2009 : (Courtesy Gulf-times.com Qatar) – Providing education on early diagnosis and medical intervention, diets and prevention of homocystinuria in children were the major issues taken up at the third…
Qatar Minister of Health Meets New York First Lady
Doha, November 17 (QNA) – H.E. Minister of Public Health and Secretary-General of Supreme Council of Health Abdullah Bin Khalid Al Qahtani, met here today with New York First Lady Michelle Paige…
QDA preparing study on diabetes
Some 17% of Qatar’s population is diabetic, showing the significantly high prevalence of the disease in the country, a senior official at the Qatari Diabetes Association (QDA) said yesterday. Speaking ahead of…
HMC seeks to improve healthcare
DOHA Qatar: A Center for Healthcare Improvement (CHI) was launched yesterday for Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Doha, to make improvement in patient care. CHI will be a unique and one-of-its- kind body…
Qatar Statistics Authority Releases GDP Estimates for Second Quarter 2009
Doha, November 05 Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) has released a provisional estimate of Qatar’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2009, measured in current prices, showing 4.3 percent decrease…
Qatar to cuts corporate tax
Qatar plans to slash corporate tax on foreign companies to a flat 10% starting next year as part of efforts to attract more foreign investments. “There is a (new) tax bill and…