Dubai residents can now call a doctor homeLaunched by the Emirates Healthcare company in Dubai, the new 'Doctors On Call’ (DOC) service provides prompt and professional care to anyone who seeks home medical consultations and treatment in the emirate. Requiring o More… |
Middle East doctors discuss latest medical updatesLatest developments and trends in different medical fields were discussed by over 350 physicians at a number of conferences in Dubai this month. The events were organised by pharma giant Bayer, as part of its Bayer Day. Dermatologists, More… |
UAE issues new rule on doctors' licenceThe UAE Ministry of Health has issued a new rule under which all physicians and technicians can now transfer their licences as soon as their credentials are issued. The new regulation has in effect cancelled the previ More… |
India doctors' leave cancelled as heat wave kills 1,100A heat wave in India has killed more than 1,100 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 degrees Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and doctors' leave has been cancelled to help cope with the sick. May and June are India's More… |
More nurses quit top Bahraini hospitalAnother 14 nurses have quit their jobs at a private hospital in Bahrain after they allegedly went more than three months without being paid. They are among more than 200 employees at the International Hospital of Bahrain (IHB), on More… |
Alert over medical services at Bahrain airportEmergency medical services at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) could be dangerously overstretched, said an airport official, adding that there is only one doctor and one nurse to cover the entire airport at any one time. Speaki More… |
Alert over medical services at Bahrain airportEmergency medical services at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) could be dangerously overstretched, said an airport official, adding that there is only one doctor and one nurse to cover the entire airport at any one time. Speaki More… |
Qatari doctor gets 7 years jail in UAEA Qatari physician received a seven-year jail sentence from a court in the UAE on Monday for supporting an illegal Islamist group, the UAE state news agency Wam said. UAE authorities detained Mahmoud Al-Jaidah at Dubai airport on More… |
Probes into errors alarm medicsBahrain's doctors are operating in a climate of fear that could lead to more cases of medical negligence, it has been claimed. Two doctors were suspended last month in connection with the death of Bahraini Fatima Ali Hussain, More… |
Promoter cleared in Michael Jackson's deathA Los Angeles jury cleared concert promoter AEG Live of liability on Wednesday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Michael Jackson, in a trial that offered a glimpse into the private life and final days of the so-called King o More… |