Lulu Saudi Hypermarkets has announced a month-long breast cancer awareness campaign starting from Wednesday in Riyadh and Al-Khobar. The campaign launched in cooperation with the Zahra Breast Cancer Association (ZBCA) will target…
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Taif hospitals put on alert
Saudi authorities have set up additional health centers along highways leading to Makkah and Madinah to serve pilgrims, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. Dr. Khaled Al-Mirghalani, spokesman for the Ministry…
2 pilgrims down with swine flu
The Ministry of Health has announced that it has detected H1N1 (swine flu) in two female pilgrims, aged 26 and 52, who arrived from a European and an east Asian country, respectively….
Girl killed by electric shock in holy treatment
Al-Qassim Region Police have arrested a Raqi, a man who treats people by recitation of the Holy Qur’an, for causing the death of a girl by giving her electric shocks to treat…
Abdullah orders SR900m tumor center in Riyadh
The King Abdullah Center For Tumor and Liver Diseases will be set up at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, (KFSHRC), Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah announced here on Saturday….
New laboratory system for Haj
Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah said a highly advanced laboratory system capable of identifying more than 1,000 varieties of viruses and microbes has been set up in Makkah and the holy sites…
NGHA in Deal with varian to build facility for MRgRT
The Saudi Arabian National Guard Health Affairs (NGHA) announced Saturday it has signed an agreement with Varian Medical Systems and IMRIS, Inc., to develop and build a facility for magnetic resonance-guided radiation…
New Laboratory Device that diagnoses 10,000 viruses to be used in Hajj Season
The Minister of Health, Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabiah has pointed out that during Hajj season this year and for the first time in the Middle East, advanced services in the field…
Establishment of King Abdullah Center for Tumors and Liver Diseases
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, has approved the establishment of King Abdullah Center for Tumors and Liver Diseases with a capacity of 300 beds…
Kingdom gets refund for unused vaccines
The Ministry of Health announced Friday it received a SR114-million refund from GlaxoSmithKline for unused H1N1 vaccines procured during the 2009 H1N1 global outbreak where Saudi Arabia imported seven million doses of…
Saudi Arabia Hires Foreign Doctors to Strengthen Healthcare Industry
According to our latest research report, “Saudi Arabian Healthcare Market Forecast to 2012”, Saudi Arabia currently, is unable to produce sufficient number of healthcare professionals to provide good facilities to its population….
SFDA denies report on inflated drug prices
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority’s (SFDA) executive vice president for drug affairs has refuted reports that the organization received over 100 complaints about local pharmaceutical companies and pharmacies unjustifiably raising prices….
Kingdom, Ireland to cooperate in health education
Ireland and Saudi Arabia have identified new areas of cooperation in the health sector, Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah told newsmen on Tuesday following talks with Batt O’Keeffe, Irish minister for enterprise,…
Heart doctors ban football
Doctors have advised a football fanatic in Tabuk to give up supporting his team out of fear for his heart. The man in his twenties turned up at hospital complaining of a…
Madina gears up for Haj pilgrims
Madina’s Health Affairs Department said Saturday that the city’s healthcare services, including hospitals and other medical facilities, have so far treated 83,637 pilgrims. There have been 737 pilgrims hospitalized, while 21 pilgrims…