Two ill after contact with French SARS victimTwo people who had contact with a Frenchman who is seriously ill with the new SARS-like coronavirus have fallen sick and been admitted to hospital, health officials in northern France said. One is a patient who shared a ward with More… |
WHO team heads to virus-hit Saudi hospitalWorld Health Organization (WHO) experts and local officials will visit a Saudi hospital where the SARS-like coronavirus has spread, killing seven people, said the UN agency. France reported its first case on Wednesday in a 65-year More… |
Bahrain plans 2nd hospital in medical zoneA second multi-million dinar hospital is to be built at what will become Bahrain's biggest medical zone, a report said. The Central Municipal Council has approved the plan, which comes just over a year after a stretch of land More… |
38 feared dead in Russia hospital blazeA fire raged through a psychiatric hospital north of Moscow on Friday and 38 people were feared dead, Russian officials and media reports said. There were believed to have been 41 people in the building when the fire broke out - 3 More… |
First green medical centre opens in DubaiMedHealth Medical Centre, the first green building amongst hospitals and medical centers in Dubai as well as the first LEED certified Gold rated green building in the Emirate. Located in Jafza South, the centre was inaugurated by More… |
DHA workshop on new licensing decreeThe Dubai Health Authority (DHA) held a workshop for the health sector in the emirate on the new decree for the licensure of healthcare professionals and facilities. The decree, which will be applicable from May, is consolidated a More… |
New hitech hospital opens in DubaiUAE-based Emirates Health Care Development Company has announced the opening of its new 315-bed hitech hospital built by the International Hospitals Construction Company (IHCC) at a cost of $115 million in Dubai. Billed to be the More… |
Bahrain group inks 100-bed hospital dealBahrain-based Al Namal Group is set to sign a multi-million dinar agreement with an Indian organisation to run a new 100-bed hospital, Middle East Hospital, in Manama, said a report. The 10-year deal will see Calicut-based Baby Me More… |
KAEC inks hospital management contractSaudi-based Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital Company has won the contract to manage and operate the first medical center for primary care and emergency services in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). The contract was signed at KAEC medi More… |
Saudi hospital acquires new radiotherapy technologyKing Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah has become the first hospital in Saudi Arabia to acquire image guided treatment technology from Elekta to treat cancer cases. The 700-bed hospi More… |








