Womb transplants may be a reality in as little as two years. A group of doctors and vets in London (working with teams in New York and Budapest) have performed a successful…
Obstetrician faces Dhs 1m lawsuit over botched surgery
Dubai: An obstetrician/gynaecologist is appealing against a Dubai Civil Court order to pay about Dh1 million in compensation to her former employer, a Saudi specialist hospital, after she allegedly caused a baby’s…
Expanded role for nurses and midwives
Health officials in Dubai are looking to increase the role of specialist nurses and midwives, in a move that would eventually see them performing some treatments currently performed by doctors. Judith Brown,…
Calls for Pre-marital Health Tests in Bahrain
MANAMA Bahrain Unregistered temporary marriages increase the risk of sexual transmitted diseases, a doctor in Manama warned on Thursday. One particular HIV case that was reported among a Bahraini national and woman…
GE Healthcare to buy ONI’s MRI equipment business
GE Healthcare has agreed to purchase Wilmington, Mass.-based ONI Medical System’s musculoskeletal MRI equipment business for an undisclosed amount, according to a news release. The acquisition is part of the company’s ongoing…
GE HealthCare Conference–Insights and Lessons
GE’s extraordinary CMO Beth Comstsock and GE HealthCare’s design guru Bob Schwartz put on Health By Design, a really important little conference on Thursday. I was lucky to be part of a…
Middle East is one of the world’s largest medical tourism markets
The Middle East is one of the largest markets for medical tourism in the world. According to Dr. Fawzi Al-Hammouri, chairman of the Private Hospital Association of Jordan, “The Private Hospital Association…
GE Healthcare UAE Launches Global Initiative to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Digital Mammography
Mortality rate among breast cancer patients in the UAE is 44% compared to just 27% in more developed countries With mortality rate among breast cancer patients in the UAE at 44 percent*…
Preventing Surgical Fires: Important New Recommendations Released By ECRI Institute
ECRI Institute and Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Offer Resources for Reducing Fire Risk PLYMOUTH MEETING, A flash fire on a patient during surgery is a very real tragedy, often leading to disfigurement,…
Jeddah hospital beds to increase by over 1,000
Three new hospitals are set to open in Saudi Arabia in the next year in a bid to tackle long waiting lists and overcrowding, officials have said. Sami Badawoud, the head of…
Sectra Enters the Saudi Arabian Market
The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra (STO:SECTB) has signed a distribution agreement with Attieh Medico, a leading medical technology company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Attieh Medico represents a number…
Human healthcare Japan opens Middle East regional office in Bahrain
Eisai Co., Ltd., one of the leading global pharmaceutical companies, has announced the opening of its regional office in Bahrain. The new office has been established as a branch of its Asian…
MEBS Sponsors Educational Healthcare Webcast Series, “The E3 Advantage”
MEBS, a leading provider of employee benefit services announced its sponsorship of the healthcare webcast series, “The E3 Advantage.” The next webcast will be onNovember 4th at 2 p.m. ET with the…
GE launches $250 million health care tech fund
NEW YORK GE Healthcare said Wednesday it plans to expand a cancer drug research partnership with Eli Lilly & Co., making a two-year-old partnership official in the process. General Electric Co. CEO…
Can ventilating patients spread H1N1 flu in hospitals?
Article by by Crystal Phend, MedPage Today Senior Staff Writer Plumes of virus-laden air shooting out from the masks of patients undergoing noninvasive ventilation could put healthcare workers at increased risk for…