Clinics Now Offering Face Masks To Patients
With the rise in viral and bacterial infections, private clinics in Dubai and the northern emirates have begun offering disposable face masks to patients.
Earlier, only paramedics, nurses and other...
January 15, 20190752Category: Health
Junk Food Items For Sale In Hospitals
When Fatima Bint Saif, a grandmother, recently took her 6-year-old sick granddaughter to a hospital’s emergency ward, she was surprised to see a vending machine in the waiting area full of every...
January 14, 20190742Category: Health
Hospital Dues Of Baby With Cancer Yet To Be Cleared
A Dubai-based Pakistani, whose two-year-old son received treatment for blood cancer at a public hospital in the city, is worried as he cannot afford to pay the hospital dues.
Hafiz Khan, an enginee...
January 10, 20190807Category: Health
Dubai To Have A Gender Balance Council
The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) will announce a council for gender balance — and introduce a first-ever health hackathon for people of determination — among the many initiatives during th...
January 08, 20190786Category: Health
Gym Only One Part Of Your Quest For New Year’s Fitness
The New Year’s resolution to lose weight in 2019 was the easy part. The real work however is to have a long term plan that you commit to throughout the year to achieve your goals say fitness exp...
January 08, 20190783Category: Health
UAE Delivers 371 Million Polio Vaccines To Pakistani Children
Work has started on Phase III of the UAE Pakistan Assistance Programme, UAE PAP, consisting of 40 projects implemented at a total cost of Dh736 million, funded by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, A...
January 07, 20190735Category: Health
Doctors Remove Rare 33cm Tumour From Abdomen
Doctors from the General Surgery Department at Rashid Hospital succeeded in removing a rare 33cm tumour from the abdomen of an African expat.
Dr Omar Al Marzouqi, General Surgery Consultant at Rash...
January 07, 20190801Category: Health
What Links Five Sudden Deaths In Two Months In UAE
Is there a deadly infection in the air? The sudden death of a young Indian man C.N. Nabhan Nasser in Ajman on December 29 was the latest fatality in the last two months, sending shock waves in the exp...
January 06, 20190871Category: Health
Part-time Jobs Groom Youth For Better Future Employment Prospects
A new wave of enthusiasm has surged through the student community since a 2016 decree from the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation permitted students aged 15 and above to work part-time whil...
January 05, 20190744Category: Health